Roma 1-0 Basel: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 3 December 2009
Result
Roma 1-0 Basel
Europa League · Thursday 3 December 2009, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Roma 1-0 Basel: match report
Roma defeated Basel 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Benjamin Huggel opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Roma's goals came from Francesco Totti (32', penalty) and Mirko Vučinić (59'). Basel scored through Benjamin Huggel (18').
Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards; Basel received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 7th on 19 points from 8 and Basel 2nd on 25 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Basel in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Roma win, 0 draws and 1 for Basel.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Basel's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Benjamin Huggel
- 32'Yellow card · Marcos Agustín Gelabert
- 32'Penalty goal · Francesco Totti
- 32'Yellow card · Daniele De Rossi
- 44'Yellow card · Jérémy Ménez
- 59'Goal · Mirko Vučinić
- 74'Yellow card · Carlitos
- 90'Yellow card · Juan
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cicinho, Philippe Mexès, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Nicolás Burdisso, David Pizarro, Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Mirko Vučinić, Francesco Totti, Jérémy Ménez, Júlio Sérgio
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