FC Barcelona 1-1 Basel: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 4 November 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 1-1 Basel
Champions League · Tuesday 4 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 1-1 Basel: match report
FC Barcelona drew with Basel 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 4 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Lionel Messi (62'). Basel scored through Eren Derdiyok (82').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Basel received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 7th on 12 points from 5 and Basel 11th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Basel in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Basel.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Basel's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 62'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 82'Goal · Eren Derdiyok
- 89'Yellow card · Franco Costanzo
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Basel line-up (4-5-1)
Franco Costanzo, Behrang Safari, Francois Marque, Beg Ferati, Reto Zanni, Benjamin Huggel, Marko Perović, Ivan Ergic, Carlitos, Marco Streller, Valentin Stocker