SL Benfica will demeanour to extend their dominant record opposite Swiss clubs as they transport to FC Basel 1893 on matchday two.<\/p>\n
\u2022 With both sides losing their opening fixtures, any will be fervent to collect adult 3 points to kick-start their fledgling Group A campaigns.<\/p>\n
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Previous meetings<\/strong> \u2022 Goals in any half from Bruno C\u00e9sar (20) and \u00d3scar Cardozo (75) gave the Portuguese side 3 points in Basel on matchday three<\/a>. They finished with 10 organisation after Emerson’s 86th-minute exclusion for a second yellow card.<\/p>\n \u2022 The sides during St. Jakob-Park on 18 Oct 2011 were: \u2022 The game in Lisbon dual weeks after finished 1-1<\/a>, Rodrigo giving Benfica a fourth-minute lead before Benjamin Huggel (64) warranted Basel a point.<\/p>\n \u2022 Benfica eventually won a section, going on to remove to contingent champions Chelsea FC in a quarter-finals; Basel finished second in Group C and were beaten by FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen in a turn of 16.<\/p>\n Match background<\/strong><\/p>\n Basel<\/strong> \u2022 This is their eighth organisation theatre campaign, and their fourth in 5 years. Last tenure they finished fourth in Group A, collecting usually dual points from their 6 outings.<\/p>\n \u2022 Beaten 3-0 during Manchester United FC on matchday one<\/a>, a Swiss organisation are but a feat in their final 9 European matches, home and divided (D3 L6), given a 2-1 home delight opposite AS Saint-\u00c9tienne on 25 Feb 2016.<\/p>\n \u2022 Basel were separated from Europe final deteriorate following a 4-1 home better by Arsenal FC on 6 Dec 2016<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 usually their fifth detriment in 22 European home games given a start of 2013\/14.<\/p>\n \u2022 Basel have mislaid their final dual European home games, and\u00a0collected a singular indicate from their 3 matches during St. Jakob-Park in final season’s organisation stage. Bebbi have won one of their final 7 European home fixtures, losing three.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Their final ambience of Portuguese visitors came in a 2015\/16 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, when they went down 2-1 during home to CF Os Belenenses \u2013 Basel did win a retreat tie 2-0 in Portugal.<\/p>\n \u2022 Overall Basel have won usually dual of their 7 home fixtures opposite Portuguese clubs, losing four.<\/p>\n Benfica<\/strong> \u2022 The Lisbon bar got to a quarter-finals in 2015\/16 and again progressed from a organisation theatre final year, losing 4-1 on total to Borussia Dortmund<\/a> in a turn of 16.<\/p>\n \u2022 Beaten 2-1 during home by PFC CSKA Moskva<\/a> on matchday one, Benfica have won usually one of their final 5 European matches, home and away\u00a0\u2013 a 1-0 feat opposite Dortmund<\/a> in final season’s turn of 16 initial leg.<\/p>\n \u2022 Having left down 4-0 in Dortmund in a second leg of that tie, Benfica have won usually 3 of their final 13 divided games in European competition, losing six. They picked adult 4 points on their travels in final season’s organisation stage.<\/p>\n \u2022 Their 2011 contests with Basel were Benfica’s initial ambience of Swiss opponents given a second-round assembly with FC Z\u00fcrich in a 1982\/83 UEFA Cup. A 1-1 pull in Zurich preceded a 4-0 home victory, repeating a settlement of Benfica’s initial tie opposite a Swiss club. Paired with FC La Chaux-de-Fonds in a 1964\/65 European Champion Clubs’ Cup initial round, Benfica warranted a 1-1 divided pull before winning 5-0 during home.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Lisbon club’s altogether record opposite Swiss sides is W3 D3 L0; divided it is W1 D2 L0.<\/p>\n Coach and actor links<\/strong> \u2022 Van Wolfswinkel also scored dual goals in 4 appearances opposite Vit\u00f3ria SC, afterwards coached by stream Benfica manager Rui Vit\u00f3ria (W2 D2).<\/p>\n \u2022 Haris Seferovi\u0107 got a idea and an support in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 4-1 Bundesliga win opposite VfB Stuttgart on 29 Aug 2015; Geoffroy Serey Di\u00e9 set adult a Stuttgart goal.<\/p>\n \u2022 Marek Such\u00fd played in FC Spartak Moskva’s 2-1 home win<\/a> and 0-2 divided defeat<\/a> opposite Benfica in a 2012\/13 UEFA Champions League organisation stage.<\/p>\n \u2022 Jonas was in a Valencia CF side that overturned a 0-3 better during Basel<\/a> with a 5-0 extra-time home win<\/a> in a 2013\/14 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n \u2022 Andreas Samaris was on aim in Greece\u2019s 2-1 better of Di\u00e9’s Ivory Coast in a 2014 FIFA World Cup organisation stage.<\/p>\n \u2022 Have played together: Article source: http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefachampionsleague\/season=2018\/matches\/round=2000881\/match=2021611\/prematch\/background\/index.html?rss=2496778+Basel+and+Benfica+need+Group+A+boost<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SL Benfica will demeanour to extend their dominant record opposite Swiss clubs as they transport to FC Basel 1893 on matchday two. \u2022 With both sides losing their opening fixtures, any will be fervent to collect adult 3 points to kick-start their fledgling Group A campaigns. 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\u2022 The teams were also interconnected in a 2011\/12 organisation stage. Benfica had a top hand, collecting 4 points from their dual fixtures.<\/p>\n
Basel:<\/strong> Sommer, Park, Dragovi\u0107, Abraham, Steinh\u00f6fer, G Xhaka (Cabral 80), Huggel (Chipperfield 85), F Frei (Zoua 66), Shaqiri, Streller, A Frei.
Benfica:<\/strong> Artur, Emerson, Luis\u00e3o, Bruno C\u00e9sar, Garay, Maxi Pereira (Miguel V\u00edtor 78), Javi Garc\u00eda, Witsel, Aimar (Nolito 67), Gait\u00e1n, Rodrigo (Cardozo 70).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rapha\u00ebl Wicky’s side competent by winning an eighth unbroken Swiss pretension in 2016\/17.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Portuguese double winners in 2016\/17, Benfica are in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre for a 13th time \u2013\u00a0and a eighth deteriorate running.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ricky outpost Wolfswinkel played for Sporting Clube de Portugal between 2011 and 2013. He scored a usually idea in a 1-0 Liga win opposite Benfica on 9 Apr 2012, with\u00a0Luis\u00e3o sent off late on, and was also on aim in Sporting’s 3-1 home better on 10 Dec that year. His record opposite Benfica with Sporting was W1 D0 L3.<\/p>\n
Manuel Akanji, Michael Lang, Luca Zuffi and Renato Steffen Haris Seferovi\u0107 (Switzerland)
Davide Call\u00e1 Haris Seferovi\u0107 (Grasshopper Club Z\u00fcrich, 2009\/10)
Pedro Pacheco R\u00faben Dias, Jo\u00e3o Carvalho, Diogo Gon\u00e7alves (Portugal Under-19)<\/p>\n