Basel 3-2 Apollon: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 23 August 2018
Result
Basel 3-2 Apollon
Europa League · Thursday 23 August 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Basel 3-2 Apollon: match report
Basel beat Apollon 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ricky van Wolfswinkel opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Basel's goals came from Ricky van Wolfswinkel (6'), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (69') and Eray Cömert (84'). Apollon scored through Anton Maglica (49') and F. Papoulis (53').
Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards; Apollon received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Basel were 55th on 6 points from 2 and Apollon 8th on 12 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Basel lined up in a 4-3-3 and Apollon in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 45'Yellow card · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 49'Goal · Anton Maglica
- 53'Goal · F. Papoulis
- 54'Yellow card · F. Papoulis
- 69'Goal · Ricky van Wolfswinkel
- 73'Yellow card · Charalampos Kyriakou
- 84'Goal · Eray Cömert
- 90+2'Yellow card · Taulant Xhaka
- 90+2'Yellow card · E. Zelaya
Team news
Basel line-up (4-3-3)
Silvan Widmer, Eray Cömert, Éder Balanta, Raoul Petretta, Serey Dié, Luca Zuffi, Fabian Frei, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Albian Ajeti, Aldo Kalulu, Martin Hansen
Apollon line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bruno Vale, João Pedro, Hector Yuste, Valentin Roberge, Giorgos Vasiliou, Esteban Sachetti, Charalampos Kyriakou, Adrian Sardinero, Kévin Bru, Fotis Papoulis, Anton Maglica