Manchester United 3-0 Basel: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Basel
Champions League · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 3-0 Basel: match report
Manchester United defeated Basel 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 12 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marouane Fellaini opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marouane Fellaini (35'), Romelu Lukaku (53') and Marcus Rashford (84'). Basel did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Basel received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Basel in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Young of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Daley Blind (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 2 draws and 1 for Basel.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Éder Balanta
- 35'Goal · Marouane Fellaini
- 38'Yellow card · A. Young
- 53'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 58'Yellow card · Daley Blind
- 61'Yellow card · Michael Lang
- 82'Yellow card · Taulant Xhaka
- 84'Goal · Marcus Rashford
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku
Basel line-up (3-4-3)
Tomas Vaclik, Manuel Akanji, Marek Suchy, Éder Balanta, Michael Lang, Taulant Xhaka, Luca Zuffi, Blas Riveros, Renato Steffen, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Mohamed Elyounoussi