Arsenal 2-0 Basel: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Basel
Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 2-0 Basel: match report
Arsenal beat Basel 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (7') and T. Walcott (26'). Basel did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Basel received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Basel in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Theo Walcott of Arsenal (9.1), ahead of Alexis Sánchez (8.8).
Key events
- 7'Goal · T. Walcott
- 21'Yellow card · Marek Suchy
- 26'Goal · T. Walcott
- 85'Yellow card · Mohamed Elyounoussi
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez
Basel line-up (5-3-2)
Tomas Vaclik, Michael Lang, Marek Suchy, Taulant Xhaka, Éder Balanta, Adama Traoré, Birkir Bjarnason, Luca Zuffi, Alexander Fransson, Seydou Doumbia, Renato Steffen