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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
MANCHESTER UNITED  De Gea Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra Nani, Giggs, Carrick, Park Berbatov, Owen | BASEL  Sommer Steinhofer, Kovac, Dragovic, Voser Andrist, Xhaka, Tembo, Zoua Frei, Streller |
The Swiss side have almost a full squad to choose from but will be without central midfielder Benjamin Huggel who was sent off in the win over Otelul Galati, and star winger Xherdan Shaqiri, who is suspended. Former West Ham defender Radoslav Kovac is expected to start.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Manchester United only conceded four times at home in last season’s competition, but all teams they faced in the knockout stage scored at Old Trafford.
- United have not conceded a goal in any competition this season which wasn’t scored by a striker (excluding the Community Shield).
- Their last Champions League defeat at Old Trafford was the 1-0 loss to Besiktas in the group stages two years ago.
- Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Stoke was the first Premier League match this season they haven’t won.
- Basel have just 16 points from 10 matches in the Swiss Super League this season, leaving them fourth in the table.
- However, they come into this match in some form having secured 11 points from their last five matches, although their last result was a 1-1 draw at fifth place Thun.
- Both sides met in the 2002-3 Champions League. They drew 1-1 at Old Trafford but United triumphed 3-1 in Switzerland.
- They won their first match in this season’s competition 2-1 against Otelul Galati.
- Star midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri scored in the 3-1 home defeat against England in Euro 2012 qualifying.
Editor's Prediction
Man Utd. 4-0 Basel 
Man Utd. 4-0 Basel 
