Manchester City 1-2 Basel: result and report

Manchester City 1-2 Basel

Champions League · Wednesday 7 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City were beaten by Basel 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 March 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Gabriel Jesus (7'). Basel scored through Mohamed Elyounoussi (17') and Michael Lang (71').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Basel received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 18 points from 7 and Basel 19th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Basel in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Elyounoussi of Basel (7.8), level with Aymeric Laporte (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Basel.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Basel's L-W-W-L-W.