Basel 1-2 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 1 November 2016

Result

Basel 1-2 Paris Saint Germain

Champions League · Tuesday 1 November 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Basel 1-2 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Basel were beaten by Paris Saint Germain 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 1 November 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Blaise Matuidi opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Basel's goal came from Luca Zuffi (76'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Blaise Matuidi (43') and Thomas Meunier (90').

Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Basel were 71st on 1 point from 3 and Paris Saint Germain 21st on 7 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Basel lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Verratti of Paris Saint Germain (8.2), ahead of Lucas Moura (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Basel wins, 0 draws and 1 for Paris Saint Germain.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Blaise MatuidiParis Saint Germain · 0-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Renato SteffenBasel
  • 76'Goal · Luca ZuffiBasel · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Serey DiéBasel
  • 84'Second yellow · Serey DiéBasel
  • 86'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 88'Yellow card · Layvin KurzawaParis Saint Germain
  • 90'Goal · Thomas MeunierParis Saint Germain · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Basel 0, draws 0, Paris Saint Germain 1.

Team news

Basel line-up (4-1-4-1)

Tomas Vaclik, Omar Gaber, Marek Suchy, Éder Balanta, Adama Traoré, Taulant Xhaka, Birkir Bjarnason, Serey Dié, Matías Delgado, Renato Steffen, Seydou Doumbia

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)

Alphonse Areola, Thomas Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Layvin Kurzawa, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Blaise Matuidi, Ángel Di María, Edinson Cavani, Lucas Moura