Overview

• Kickoff is at 21:00 at the Europa-Park-Stadion, with live coverage in Germany on Nitro and streaming on RTL+.
• Police have designated the cross-border match a high-risk fixture, limiting the away allocation to 2,300 and noting a planned Basel fan march.
• Freiburg coach Julian Schuster and midfielder Maximilian Eggestein identified Xherdan Shaqiri as Basel’s key difference-maker to be contained.
• Freiburg rebounded from a poor league start with consecutive wins and goalkeeper Noah Atubolu set a Bundesliga mark by saving five penalties in a row.
• Basel arrives as last season’s Swiss double winner under new coach Ludovic Magnin after missing Champions League qualification, and this is the clubs’ first competitive meeting.