Matchday 2 and Basel were hosts to Kairat. St. Jakob-Park had an attendance of 8,712 fans and referee Stuart Attwell from the FA reported an excellent pitch. Basel started well into the match, dominated their opponents from the beginning and it was no surprise as Arthur Cabral put them into the lead after 15 minutes. A long ball to the far post, Liam Millar headed the ball into the goal mouth and Cabral headed home. Just six minutes later Michael Lang added a second, Pajtim Kasami headed a corner against the crossbar and Lang netted the rebound. On 40 minutes a corner is cleared too short by the Kairat defence, and the ball is returned to the centre and Lang doubled his personal tally. They could have made it four before the break, but Fabian Frei's long-range effort landed on the top of the net. Three minutes after the break a good move from the centre midfield to Basel's left, Matías Palacios to Tomás Tavares and his low cross is side footed into the net by Dan Ndoye. Basel with the four-goal lead reduced tempo and Kairat took advantage, Kairat top-scorer José Kanté in the 65th and Ricardo Alves per penalty in the 69th reduced the advantage. Basel let the game run off and the end score 4–2 left a clear explanation of the happenings.
