Overview

• Albian Ajeti put Basel ahead in the 3rd minute after a costly back-pass error by Lorenz Assignon.
• Ermedin Demirovic's 36th-minute penalty was saved by Marwin Hitz following an extended VAR review.
• Basel's goalkeeper Hitz produced several crucial stops as Stuttgart failed to convert a reported 29 attempts.
• Moritz Broschinski sealed the result in the 84th minute, heading in after service from Xherdan Shaqiri.
• Both teams have three points after two Europa League games, with Stuttgart officials decrying the penalty procedure and a charged 33,650 crowd noted at St. Jakob-Park.