Copenhagen vs Basel Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | Playoffs

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We have a delicately poised encounter at the Parken Stadion in the Danish capital as Danish champions Copenhagen welcome Swiss champions Basel 1893 this week.

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Key Stats

• Copenhagen’s last appearances in the UEFA Champions League proper were back-to-back in 2022/23 and 2023/24. Overall, they have six group stage/league phase participations, which is more than any other Danish team.
• Copenhagen are the only Danish club to have qualified from a UEFA Champions League group stage/league phase – they did so in 2010/11 and 2023/24.
• Copenhagen have won their last two UEFA Champions League play-off round ties. Most recently in 2023/24 when they defeated Raków Częstochowa 2-1 on aggregate (1-0 a, 1-1 h) to reach the group stage.
• Copenhagen are unbeaten in their five UEFA Champions League qualifying matches this season (W3 D2).
• Copenhagen have won their previous two home matches in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season without conceding a goal.
• Including all rounds, Copenhagen have lost only two of their last 17 home UEFA Champions Legue matches (W9 D6).
• Magnus Mattsson has scored in Copenhagen’s last three UEFA Champions League home matches in all rounds (four goals in total).
• Basel have won only one of their six UEFA matches against Danish clubs (D2 L3).
• Aside from this tie, Basel’s last encounters with a Danish team were against Brøndby in the 2022/23 UEFA Conference League third qualifying round when they progressed to the play-off round with a 3-1 victory on penalties following a 2-2 draw on aggregate (0-1 a, 2-1 h).
• Basel are aiming for a first appearance in the UEFA Champions League proper since 2017/18. They have eight group stage/league phase participations – which is more than any other Swiss club.
• Basel have won two and lost two of their previous four appearances in the UEFA Champions League play-off round. Their most recent participation was a defeat on away goals against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2015/16 (3-3 agg; 2-2 h, 1-1 a).
• This is Basel’s first UEFA Champions League tie since a 2-5 defeat on aggregate against LASK in the third qualifying round in 2019/20 (1-2 h, 1-3 a).
• Basel have won their last three UEFA competition matches away from home.
• Basel have lost only two of their last ten UEFA competition matches (W4 D4).

Copenhagen vs Basel prediction

In an even contest in the first-leg of this UEFA Champions League playoff round tie at St. Jakob-Park in Switzerland last week, Basel and Copenhagen shared a 1-1 draw. Veteran Switzerland international attacker Xherdan Shaqiri opened the scoring in the 14th minute before Gabriel Pereira equalised in first-half stoppage-time. Basel centre-back Jonas Adjetey was then sent off deep into the second-half.

Since that first-leg, Copenhagen then managed to share a 1-1 draw with Odense, as they sit at the top-of-the-table domestically after six matches. They face a Basel side that have endured a very average start to their Swiss Super League season.

Basel have been reasonably entertaining this season, and they do have some talent, but Copenhagen are the firm favourites for this one with their home advantage.

Copenhagen vs Basel tip: Copenhagen to win