Manchester United vs Basel: TV Channel, live stream info, team news, kick-off time for Champions League clash
- Everything you need to know ahead of the Old Trafford clash including teams, TV channel and kick-off time time
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MANCHESTER UNITED take on Basel in their first match back in the Champions League.
The Red Devils won the Europa League last season and face the team who infamously dumped Sir Alex Ferguson's side out in 2011.
When is Manchester United vs Basel?
United face the Swiss side on Tuesday, September 12.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm.
The European clash will take place at Old Trafford.
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What TV channel is showing Manchester United vs Basel?
The game will be shown live on BT Sport 2.
Coverage will begin at 7pm and the show will end at 10.15pm.
Alternatively, you can keep up to date on SunSport's live blog.
What is the latest team news for Manchester United vs Basel?
Mourinho will be without Phil Jones and Eric Bailly, as the pair are both suspended.
Following United's draw against Stoke, Mourinho confirmed Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof will replace the pair.
While Marouane Fellaini, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young continue to be doubts.
Fact me
- This will be the fifth game between Manchester Utd and Basel, all in the Champions League. For now, the record is perfectly balanced with one win each and two draws.
- Basel are unbeaten against Manchester Utd at Old Trafford, having drawn their two trips to North-West England (1-1 in March 2003, 3-3 in September 2011).
- This is Manchester Utd’s 21st Champions League participation, the most for an English side and the fourth-most after Real Madrid, Barcelona and Porto (22).
- Only Liverpool (5) have won more European Cup/Champions League titles than Manchester Utd (3) among English clubs.
- Manchester Utd have reached the knockout stages in 16 of their previous 20 Champions League appearances; however they haven’t made it past the group stages since 2013/14.
- Basel are making their eighth Champions League appearance, that’s six more than any other Swiss club (Grasshopper, 2).
- Basel have never progressed further than the Last 16 in the Champions League (2011/12, 2014/15).
- Basel are winless in their last 10 Champions League games (D4 L6), their longest drought in the competition. They’ve also never scored more than one goal in those 10 games.
- Paul Pogba has only scored two goals in 32 Champions League games.
- José Mourinho is one of five managers to have won the European Cup/Champions League with two different clubs, alongside Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti.
- Mourinho is taking part in the Champions League with a fifth different club after Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. Only Carlo Ancelotti (7), Rafael Benitez and Claudio Ranieri (6) have taken charge of more clubs in the competition.
- This is Raphaël Wicky’s first Champions League campaign as manager. As a player, he featured in four games with Hamburg in 2006/07, losing all of them.
