Overview
- VfB Stuttgart host FC Porto in the first leg at 18:45 CET in the Stuttgarter Arena, marking the clubs’ first-ever matchup.
- The match airs free-to-air on RTL, with a paid stream on RTL+; coverage from Stuttgart begins at 18:30 with Laura Papendick, Wolff Fuss and Lothar Matthäus.
- Porto travel without 21-year-old forward Samu Aghehowa due to a cruciate ligament injury after he scored 13 league goals and three in the Europa League.
- Porto arrive in strong domestic form, sitting top of their league with only one defeat in 25 matches and displaying defensive solidity in Europe.
- SC Freiburg play away at KRC Genk at 21:00 CET on RTL, while Mainz’s Conference League tie at Sigma Olmütz at 21:00 streams on RTL+.