*Group 9*: Basel v Fiorentina

Basel v Fiorentina

UEFA Europa League

An important match for Paulo Sousa. The team saved it's players for the league so that we can take on the Swiss team in Switzerland in a first versus second match against Sousa's former club.

It's a big night for him.

As it happens, it's a big night for us too. We also want to win this game, go top of the group if possible and start to look ahead once again with confidence in both competitions. We do and should want to win both regardless of the end result. We really should not feel guilty of looking to win games and especially competitions, particularly when all the press headlines are pointing in Liverpool's and Klopp's direction for their match against Bordeaux. I would suggest that our game is bigger and in fact, the biggest game in Europe tonight.


Basel 4-3-3:

Vallati

Lang - Suchy - Samuel - Safari

Xhaka - Kuzmanovic - Gashi

Emobolo - Delgado - Janko


Kalinic

Valero - Illicic

Marcos Alonso - Vecino - Badelj - Bernadeschi

Roncaglia - Gonzalo - Astori

Tatarasanu

Fiorentina 3-4-2-1:

This match is at exactly 6:00pm tonight (7pm for Europe).

That makes 1pm Boston. It makes 9pm Bahrain and 5am Melbourne.

Live on BT Sport Extra.

*Group 9*: Basel v Fiorentina