Stuttgart have never lost a home major European match against a Scottish side (W4 D2), winning 3-2 against Celtic in February 2003 after coming from 2-0 down.

Celtic have never won an away European match in Germany in 16 attempts (D4 L12), though they did draw 1-1 with Bayern Munich in their most recent trip in February 2025 in a UEFA Champions League match.

Stuttgart have won each of their last four home major European matches – however, they are winless in their last seven on home soil in the knockout stages (D3 L4) since a 2-0 win over Domzale in the UEFA Cup in September 2005.

Celtic have won one of their last 17 away major European matches (D6 L10) while in the knockout stages they’re winless in 12 (D3 L9) since a 1-0 win at Boavista in April 2003 during Martin O’Neill’s first spell in charge.

In the first leg, Bilal El Khannouss (21y 285d) became the youngest Stuttgart player to score more than once in a game in major European competition since Mario Gomez against Rapid Bucuresti in the UEFA Cup in December 2005 (20y 157d).