European Cup · Group A - Matchday 01
Manchester United v Basel
3–0
HT 1–0
Manchester United beat Basel 3–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 12th September 2017 in the European Cup. Marouane Fellaini (35'), Romelu Lukaku (53') and Marcus Rashford (84') scored for United. United were captained by Paul Pogba, and the referee was Ruddy Buquet.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Marouane Fellaini for Pogba
- 28' Éder Balanta
- 28' Éder Álvarez
- 35' Marouane Fellaini Assist: Ashley Young 1–0
- 38' Ashley Young
- Half Time 1–0
- 53' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Daley Blind 2–0
- 58' Daley Blind
- 61' Michael Lang
- 69' Jesse Lingard for Martial
- 77' Marcus Rashford for Mata
- 82' Taulant Xhaka
- 84' Marcus Rashford 3–0
- Full Time 3–0
Match Facts
- United's biggest win over Basel at the time, in their 5th meeting.
- Marouane Fellaini's 2nd goal of 2017-2018, and his 16th for United.
- Romelu Lukaku's 6th goal of 2017-2018, and his 6th for United.
- Marcus Rashford's 3rd goal of 2017-2018, and his 22nd for United.
60%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Ruddy Buquet
Referee
Paul Pogba
Captain
Starting XI
Player
9 Romelu Lukaku 53'
Substitutes
Marouane Fellaini
35' 19' for Pogba
Jesse Lingard
69' for Martial
Marcus Rashford
84' 77' for Mata
Basel Lineup
3-4-3
Starting XI
1 Tomás Vaclík G
5 Michael Lang RM
7 Luca Zuffi CM-L
9 Ricky van Wolfswinkel F
11 Renato Steffen CF-R
17 Marek Suchy CD
23 Éder Balanta CD-L
24 Mohamed Elyounoussi CF-L
25 Blas Riveros LM
34 Taulant Xhaka CM-R
36 Manuel Akanji CD-R
Substitutes
4 Omar Gaber
13 Mirko Salvi
15 Alexander Fransson
19 Dimitri Oberlin on
31 Dominik Schmid
33 Kevin Bua on
39 Davide Callà
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Jose Mourinho
Manchester United
OPP
Raphael Wicky
Basel
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Basel
3-4-3
United vs Basel History
Meeting 5 of 6
6
Played
2
Won
2
Drawn
2
Lost
11
Goals For
8
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Tuesday 26th November 2002. After this match United had played Basel 5 times: 2W 2D 1L.
12 Mar 2003 D 1–1 EC 27 Sep 2011 D 3–3 EC 7 Dec 2011 L 1–2 EC
12 Sep 2017 W 3–0 This match
22 Nov 2017 L 0–1 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Away | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 33.3 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →