Basel (4-4-2):
Sommer; Steinhofer, Abraham, Dragovic, Joo-Ho Park; Huggel, Cabral, F.Frei, Xhaka, A.Frei, Streller
Basel look set to make one change from the side that impressively defeated Servette 4-0 in the Swiss league over the weekend.
Star playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri will start a two-game suspension so Granit Xhaka is likely to come back into the starting line-up following a torn kneww ligament injury. Scott Chipperfield, Giles Yapi and Genseric Kusunga all miss out through injury.
Otelul Galati (4-5-1):
Grahovac; Rapa, Costin, Sarghi, Ilie; Antal, Giurgiu, Frunza, Paraschiv, Ibeh; Pena
Dorinel Munteanu has a full squad to choose from and is likely to line-up with a five-man midfield in the club's first Champions League game.
Marius Pena is expected to replace Laurentiu Bus upfront with veteran attacking midfielder Gabriel Paraschiv providing the creative spark in the team.
DID YOU KNOW?
Basel are making their fourth appearance in the Champions League, a record for Swiss clubs.
The Swiss side have only faced one Romanian team in the past. Thorsten Fink's men came up against Cluj in last season's Champions League group stage where they won 1-0 at home but were defeated 2-1 away.
Basel's best performance in the competition came in their debut season nine years ago when they reached the round of 16.
Otelul Galati have never appeared in the Champions League before and qualified for this term's competition by winning their first ever Romanian league title last season.
Dorinel Munteanu's men are the fourth team from Romania to appear in Europe's elite competition, following in the footsteps of Steaua Bucharest, Cluj and Unirea Urziceni.
Only one member of the squad, Sorin Frunza, has featured in the competition before. The experienced midfielder appeared for Unirea Urziceni in their maiden Champions League campaign two seasons ago.
Prediction
Basel have plenty of Champions League experience compared to Otelul, who will be making their first appearance in the competition and expect this to show. Basel come into the game on the back of a 4-0 league win over Servette while their Romanian opposition lost 4-0 against Cluj at the weekend which could show in the two sides' confidence.
Editor's Prediction
Basel 3-0 Otelul Galati 
