Basel 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2011
Result
Basel 2-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Basel 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Basel defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marco Streller opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Basel's goals came from Marco Streller (9') and Alex Frei (85'). Manchester United scored through P. Jones (89').
Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 26th on 8 points from 5 and Manchester United 19th on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Basel lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Basel wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Basel's last five read W-D-L-D-W and Manchester United's D-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Marco Streller
- 27'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 45+3'Yellow card · A. Young
- 85'Goal · Alex Frei
- 87'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 89'Goal · P. Jones
- 90'Yellow card · Fabian Frei
Head-to-head
Team news
Basel line-up (4-4-2)
Yann Sommer, Ju-ho Park, Aleksandar Dragovic, David Abraham, Markus Steinhofer, Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabian Frei, Cabral, Granit Xhaka, Marco Streller, Alex Frei
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov