Manchester United 3-3 Basel: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2011

Result

Manchester United 3-3 Basel

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-3 Basel: match report

Manchester United drew with Basel 3-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 27 September 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Danny Welbeck opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Danny Welbeck (16'), Danny Welbeck (17') and A. Young (90'). Basel scored through Fabian Frei (58'), Alex Frei (60') and Alex Frei (76', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Basel received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Basel in a 4-4-2.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Alex FreiBasel
  • 58'Goal · Fabian FreiBasel · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Alex FreiBasel · 2-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Granit XhakaBasel
  • 76'Penalty goal · Alex FreiBasel · 2-3
  • 90'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 3-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 1, Basel 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Young, Fábio, Antonio Valencia, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Danny Welbeck, Ryan Giggs

Basel line-up (4-4-2)

Yann Sommer, Ju-ho Park, Aleksandar Dragovic, David Abraham, Markus Steinhofer, Fabian Frei, Cabral, Granit Xhaka, Marco Streller, Jacques Zoua, Alex Frei