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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 42 (setup 3, season 14)
FC Basel
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
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Roman WEIDENFELLER1Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES2Pablo Javier ZABALETA
JORDI ALBA Ramos73Leander DENDONCKER
Blaise MATUIDI4Kevin DE BRUYNE
Marian SARR56Mats HUMMELS
Stephan LICHTSTEINER666Jonathan TAH
Alessandro FLORENZI877David Jiménez SILVA
James David RODRÍGUEZ Rubio8Mario GÖTZE
ENES Ünal797Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO106Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Domenico BERARDI11AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez
Manager
Juan BERNAT Velasco12Joël MATIP
Germano VAILATI13Samir HANDANOVIC
Keita BALDÉ Diao14Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN15Daryl JANMAAT
Kevin STROOTMAN16Jean-Paul BOËTIUS

FC Basel 1 Newcastle United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 38,430, Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Referee: Wieland ZILLER 6½)
49 RodríguezScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners10
20Fouls8
1Offsides0
6Shots on4
5Shots off6
11Total shots10
5Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Alessandro FLORENZI
2COURTOIS stopped a lovely shot from FLORENZI.
3ENES beat four Newcastle United players and stroked a golden opportunity wide.
6HIGUAÍN touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
11A free-kick from VIDAL floated just beyond the near post.
13A shot from RODRÍGUEZ was smothered by COURTOIS.
14A penalty box meleé resulted in ENES driving the ball over.
22MATUIDI chipped the ball to RODRÍGUEZ who touched it just beyond the near post.
23A good effort from GÖTZE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
25GÖTZE ran onto a great ball from DE BRUYNE but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
30AYOZE worked the ball to VIDAL, ZABALETA controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the FC Basel 'keeper.
39ENES's header was well saved by COURTOIS.
44SILVA scuffed a simple chance.
 
46HIGUAÍN headed over the bar.
48A cross from FLORENZI left RODRÍGUEZ in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
49GOAL!! The creative JORDI ALBA neatly headed on a cross for RODRÍGUEZ to hit the ball in. (1-0 FC Basel)
54A header by FLORENZI at the near post was easily collected by COURTOIS.
55An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of WEIDENFELLER by ZABALETA.
56BERARDI beat SILVA and whacked the ball to RODRÍGUEZ who dragged his shot wide.
70FLORENZI beat DE BRUYNE but fired the ball into the arms of the Newcastle United 'keeper.
76A drive from GÖTZE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
82A mix up in the FC Basel defence enabled HIGUAÍN to crack the ball wide.