Overview
- Kickoff is at 21:00 CEST at St. Jakob-Park, with RTL’s free-to-air coverage from 20:35 and a concurrent stream on RTL+.
- RTL’s on-air team features moderator Laura Papendick, expert Lothar Matthäus and commentator Wolff-Christoph Fuss.
- Basel seek first group-stage points after a 1:2 opener at Freiburg and a 1:2 league defeat to Luzern under coach Ludovic Magnin, with Bundesliga veterans Xherdan Shaqiri, Marwin Hitz and Moritz Broschinski in the squad.
- Stuttgart travel under Sebastian Hoeneß after a 2:1 win over Celta Vigo to start the group and a run of domestic victories.
- Local authorities in Basel expect roughly 7,000 VfB supporters and have coordinated policing as the away section holds about 1,800 seats.