Basel and Benfica need Group A boost

Basel and Benfica need Group A boost

SL Benfica will look to extend their unbeaten record against Swiss clubs as they travel to FC Basel 1893 on matchday two.

• With both sides losing their opening fixtures, each will be eager to pick up three points to kick-start their fledgling Group A campaigns.

Previous meetings
• The teams were also paired in the 2011/12 group stage. Benfica had the upper hand, collecting four points from their two fixtures.

• Goals in each half from Bruno César (20) and Óscar Cardozo (75) gave the Portuguese side three points in Basel on matchday three. They ended with ten men after Emerson’s 86th-minute dismissal for a…

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