Manchester United look for three points away against Basel in the Champions League
Kick-off : 8:45 PM (Local)
Venue : St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Manchester United are currently top of their group. They have won all the games they have played so far. So they are on their way to qualification to next round.
On the other hand, Basel are on second spot, tied on six points with CSKA Moscow. They will need to keep winning and hope for the other results to go their way.
Manchester United and FC Basel have played each other so far 5 times. Out of that United have won 2, while Basel have won 1, Two games have ended in a draw.
All in all it should be a good game on Wednesday as both teams will give their all.
Team news and possible line-ups
Taulant Xhaka will be unavailable for Wednesday’s game against Manchester United as due to suspension. While Germano Vailati and Omar Gaber remain doubtful.
Also striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel will be unavailable as due to injury.
As for Manchester United, Eric Bailly, Michael Carrick and Phil Jones are doubtful for the Basel game. While Paul Pogba, Marcos Rojo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are available and will play.
Basel XI : Vaclik, Lang, Suchy, Akanji, Balanta, Petretta, Zuffi, Serey Die, Bua, Elyounoussi, Oberlin.
Manchester United XI : De Gea, Darmian, Rojo, Smalling, Blind, Pogba, Matic, Lingard, Mata, Rashford, Lukaku.
Prediction
While it’s not a given that Manchester United will win on Wednesday night, they certainly are the favorites. I expect though that United will get the job done and inch closer to qualification. I think United will win 2-1. The goalscorers might be Lukaku and Pogba for United, Bua for Basel.
