Basel v Manchester City: line-ups, Fantasy tips, form guide
- Basel trainer Wicky: Everything has to be perfect
- Basel kick Manchester United 1-0 in November
- City have mislaid twice in all competitions this term
- Follow live rave to a compare right here
- How to watch a diversion where we are
Reporter’s view:Â There can usually be one winner, right? City are personification harmful football and, on paper, this tie goes their way. It competence good do, though a initial leg will be no travel in St. Jakob-Park for a visitors. Basel have already beaten Manchester United during home this season, and their fans will pledge a high-voltage atmosphere. Expect this to be a lot worse for Josep Guardiola’s organisation than it competence appear.
Possible line-ups
Basel: VaclÃk; Lacroix, Suchý, Balanta; Lang, Frei (Zuffi), Xhaka, Petretta; Elyounoussi, Van Wolfswinkel, Oberlin
Out: Vailati (shoulder)
Doubtful: Balanta (thigh), Zuffi (foot)
Misses subsequent compare if booked: Balanta, Petretta, Xhaka
- Added to patrol given organisation stage: Frei, Lacroix, Stocker
Man. City: Ederson; Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko; Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, David Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling; Agüero
Out: Mendy (knee), Jesus (knee)
Misses subsequent compare if booked: Danilo
- Added to patrol given organisation stage: Laporte, Zinchenko
Fantasy Football tip indicate scorers
Basel: Michael Lang, defender (40 points, €6m)
Man. City: John Stones, defender (33 points, €5.7m)
Where to watch
Fans can find their internal UEFA Champions League promote partner(s) here.
Weekend results
Thun 0-2Â Basel
Man. City 5-1 Leicester
Form guide*
Basel: WLWWWW
Man. City: WDWWWW
*All competitions, many new first
Raphaël Wicky, Basel coach
Manchester City fundamentally have no weaknesses. They can change their game, they’re stretchable and can conflict to what their opponents do. They have quality, and their manager has shown his peculiarity with Barcelona and Bayern too. They’re an unbelievably clever team. When we have a ball, we have to have a bravery to use it. Everything has to go ideally for us in each singular honour if we are to emanate a large surprise.
Josep Guardiola, Man. City manager
In a Champions League Basel play with a behind 5 and they put in some good performances during a organisation stage. They’re clever and well-organised during a back, and good on a counterattack. I’ve told my players it will be very, really difficult, quite here. But we’re confident. Our idea is to do improved than we did final season, that means going by to a quarter-finals.