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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS St. Jakob-Park - Basel Tuesday 6 December 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) FC Basel 1893 Group A - Matchday 6 Arsenal FC Last updated 08/03/2017 01:31CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 10 Match officials 11 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/2016 GS Arsenal FC - FC Basel 1893 2-0 London Walcott 7, 26 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Basel 1893 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Arsenal FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/2014 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Gerrard 81; Frei 25 01/10/2014 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 1-0 Basel Streller 52 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/2013 GS FC Basel 1893 - Chelsea FC 1-0 Basel Salah 87 Oscar 45; Salah 71, 18/09/2013 GS Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 1-2 London Streller 81 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Torres 50, Moses 52, 3-1 02/05/2013 SF Chelsea FC - FC Basel 1893 London David Luiz 59; Salah agg: 5-2 45+1 Schär 87 (P); Moses 25/04/2013 SF FC Basel 1893 - Chelsea FC 1-2 Basel 12, David Luiz 90+4 2-2 FC Basel 1893 - Tottenham Salah 27, Dragović 11/04/2013 QF agg: 4-4 (aet, 4- Basel Hotspur FC 49; Dempsey 23, 83 1pens) Adebayor 40, G. Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Basel 04/04/2013 QF 2-2 London Sigurdsson 58; 1893 Stocker 30, Frei 34 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - Manchester Streller 9, A. Frei 84; 07/12/2011 GS 2-1 Basel United FC Jones 89 Welbeck 16, 17, Manchester United FC - FC Basel 27/09/2011 GS 3-3 Manchester Young 90; Frei 58, A. 1893 Frei 61, 76 (P) 2 FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers A. Frei 64 (P), Streller 16/12/2009 GS FC Basel 1893 - Fulham FC 2-3 Basel 87; Zamora 42, 45, Gera 77 01/10/2009 GS Fulham FC - FC Basel 1893 1-0 London Murphy 57 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tugay Kerimoğlu 75, Blackburn Rovers FC - FC Basel 02/11/2006 GS 3-0 Blackburn Jeffers 89 (P), 1893 McCarthy 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Viduka 33, 57, Middlesbrough FC - FC Basel 4-1 Hasselbaink 79, 06/04/2006 QF Middlesbrough 1893 agg: 4-3 Maccarone 90; Eduardo 23 FC Basel 1893 - Middlesbrough Delgado 43, D. Degen 30/03/2006 QF 2-0 Basel FC 45+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Newcastle United FC - FC Basel 1-0 27/11/2003 R2 Newcastle Smiljanic 14 (og) 1893 agg: 4-2 Cantaluppi 11, FC Basel 1893 - Newcastle Chipperfield 15; 06/11/2003 R2 2-3 Basel United FC Robert 13, Bramble 37, Sh. Ameobi 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC Basel G. Neville 53; 12/03/2003 GS2 1-1 Manchester 1893 Giménez 14 Giménez 1; Van FC Basel 1893 - Manchester 26/11/2002 GS2 1-3 Basel Nistelrooy 62, 63, United FC Solskjær 68 Rossi 2, Giménez 22, Atouba 29; Murphy 12/11/2002 GS1 FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel 61, Šmicer 64, Owen 85 25/09/2002 GS1 Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vassell 45, Angel 55, 4-1 21/08/2001 F Aston Villa FC - FC Basel 1893 Birmingham 78, Ginola 84; agg: 5-2 Chipperfield 30 Giménez 74; Merson 07/08/2001 F FC Basel 1893 - Aston Villa FC 1-1 Basel 58 3 FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Basel 1893 - Sheffield 24/06/1995 GS 1-0 Basel Rey 68 Wednesday FC Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/11/2005 GS FC Thun - Arsenal FC 0-1 Berne Pirès 88 (P) Gilberto Silva 51, 14/09/2005 GS Arsenal FC - FC Thun 2-1 London Bergkamp 90+2; Nelson Ferreira 53 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arsenal FC - Grasshopper Club 3-0 Kennedy 40, George 03/11/1971 R2 London Zürich agg: 5-0 47, Radford 84 Grasshopper Club Zürich - Kennedy 2, Graham 20/10/1971 R2 0-2 Zurich Arsenal FC 88 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Basel 1893 11 5 2 4 12 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 25 6 8 11 32 45 Arsenal FC 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 1 4 FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Tuesday 6 December 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit St. Jakob-Park, Basel Match background A 2-2 matchday five draw with Paris Saint-Germain took the destination of Group A out of Arsenal FC's hands. Already through to the last 16 and now away to FC Basel 1893, they have to better Paris' result on the same night to finish as group winners. • The Swiss side are out of the UEFA Champions League but still harbour hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League; to do that they must better the result of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, who play in France. Basel and Ludogorets drew 0-0 on matchday five to collect only their second points of the campaign. • On matchday two, an early pair of Theo Walcott goals gave the Gunners a 2-0 victory in the home game with Basel. It maintained their perfect record against Swiss opponents: five games, five wins. Match background Basel • The Swiss champions drew their opening fixture 1-1, Renato Steffen coming to the rescue 11 minutes from time after Ludogorets had taken a surprise lead in Basel. • In the double-header with Paris, Basel lost 3-0 away and then 2-1 at home. • This is their seventh group stage campaign. In the most recent, two seasons ago, a 1-0 home win over Liverpool FC helped them finish as Group B runners-up for their first appearance in the knockout rounds since 2011/12. • In the round of 16 a 1-1 home draw with FC Porto was followed by a 4-0 away defeat. They have lost just four of 21 home games in UEFA competition since the start of 2013/14. • In 2014/15 Basel also drew 1-1 at Liverpool, which halted their run of four straight victories against Premier League teams in the UEFA Champions League. The defeat at the Arsenal Stadium was only their second in 11 encounters with English opponents in the competition. • They beat Petr Čech's Chelsea FC 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the 2013/14 group stage and overall their record against English rivals is W6 D8 L11 (W5 D3 L4 at home). Arsenal • The Gunners began their 19th successive group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw in Paris, where Olivier Giroud was sent off in added time. • In the back-to-back encounters with Ludogorets, the Premier League side won 6-0 at home and then recovered a two-goal deficit in the Sofia return to emerge 3-2 winners. • In each of the last six seasons Arsenal have fallen in the round of 16, going down 5-1 on aggregate to FC Barcelona in 2015/16 (0-2 home, 1-3 away). • Arsenal have lost three of their last six European away games; before that they had met defeat only twice in 11 games on the road. • The Gunners faced FC Thun in the 2005/06 group stage, winning 2-1 at home and 1-0 away. That was the only goal they have conceded in their five tussles with Swiss opposition. • If Arsenal win the group it will be the first time since 2011/12. Since 2000/01, when they began their run of consistent qualification from the initial group stage, they have won their section on eight occasions. They have finished second in the group in each of the other eight campaigns. Coach and player links • Granit Xhaka started his career at Basel and landed two Swiss Super League titles before joining VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012. He signed for Arsenal this summer. • Granit is the younger brother of Taulant Xhaka but they play for different international teams.