Manchester United Vs FC Basel Champions League Preview

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 12:27 pm , filed under Champions League by Andrew Jordan

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"Manchester United Vs Basel" Man Utd vs FC Basel: Manchester United play host to Basel tonight in UEFA Champions League Group C stage, on Tuesday, September 27th 2011 at 18:45 GMT, Old Trafford, England.

Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United squad can’t look back at the last 4 years as a golden period for the club in the UEFA Champions League, because they were beaten by Barcelona in 2 of the 3 finals they reached.

Manchester United only conceded 4 times at home in last season’s competition, but all teams they faced in the knockout stage scored at Old Trafford. The Red Devils have not conceded a goal in any competition this season which was not scored by a striker.

Man Utd are missing a number of players including Wayne Rooney, who was ruled out prior to Stoke 1-1 draw in the Premier League, which will make it difficult for Sir Alex to rest many of his starting Premier League XI. Hence, the trouble lies ahead for Manchester United.

Fellow striker Javier Hernandez (leg injury) was hurt in the same EPL game and also misses out, and also Rafael (shoulder injury) and Nemanja Vidic (calf injury) in the ruled out list. Phil Jones and Rio Ferdinand will continue in central defence.

FC Basel, currently the leader in Group C stage, with 3 points won their first game over FC Oţelul Galaţi with 2-1 score.

Basel will travel to Manchester without key player Xherdan Shaqiri, who along with Benjamin Huggel riled out through suspension. Genseric Kusunga, Gilles Yapi and Valentin Stocker are all injured and also ruled out.

However, both teams met in the 2002/3 UEFA Champions League. They drew with 1-1 score at Old Trafford but United win 3-1 in Switzerland.

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra, Nani, Giggs, Carrick, Park, Berbatov and Owen.

FC Basel: Sommer, Steinhofer, Kovac, Dragovic, Voser, Shaqiri, Yapo, Tembo, Zoua, Frei, Streller.

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