Basel 3-1 KR Reykjavík: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 6 August 2009
Result
Basel 3-1 KR Reykjavík
Europa League · Thursday 6 August 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Basel 3-1 KR Reykjavík: match report
Basel won against KR Reykjavík 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 6 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Fabian Frei opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Basel's goals came from Fabian Frei (28'), Xherdan Shaqiri (77') and Fabian Frei (80', penalty). KR Reykjavík scored through B. Takefusa (45+1', penalty).
Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; KR Reykjavík received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 16th on 7 points from 3 and KR Reykjavík 40th on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Basel wins, 1 draw and 0 for KR Reykjavík.
Going into the match Basel's last five read D-W-W and KR Reykjavík's D-D-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Fabian Frei
- 28'Yellow card · M. Gelabert
- 45'Second yellow · M. Gelabert
- 45+1'Penalty goal · B. Takefusa
- 62'Yellow card · Fabian Frei
- 76'Yellow card · Baldur Sigurdsson
- 77'Goal · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 78'Yellow card · S. Magnússon
- 79'Yellow card · Mark Rutgers
- 80'Penalty goal · Fabian Frei
Head-to-head
Team news
Basel expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Franco Costanzo, Francois Marque, Behrang Safari, Reto Zanni, David Abraham, Beg Ferati, Benjamin Huggel, Carlitos, Scott Chipperfield, Ivan Ergic