FC Basel – CSKA Moscow – After two weeks ago their third-round match ended with Basle’s visiting defeat of 2: 0, these two teams will now redirect the forces to Switzerland as well, with hosts being in a much better position because after the triumph in Moscow additionally strengthened in another place. Namely, they currently have three points more than the Moslems and six in comparison to Benfica, while the Manchester United leader has three points more than Basel.
FC Basel
All this tells us only that the multiple Champions of Switzerland with another win over the Moslems probably made this crucial step towards placing the knockout stage of the Champions League. However, they are well aware in their camp that this time the Russians will play much more aggressively as they no longer have anything to lose, while on the other hand the domestic football players and the coach in this match have done a very good job.
Basel’s team, with these three points in Moscow, brought the midfielder Xhaka and the Oberlin reserve, and this is why we are expecting this young football player on Tuesday evening for the first minute, instead of Ajetia, while the rest of the starting lineup should remain the same. The more because the sinking striker Balanta rested in the last championship match with Zurich and should now be fully prepared while the outside of the machine was injured by the attacker outside of Wolfswinkel.
CSKA Moskva
For Moscow guests we have already said that in this match in Basel they simply have to play all or nothing, since after this home defeat of the Swiss are now left three points behind them. Otherwise, the Russian vice-champions opened this year’s Champions League very well, as they celebrated with 2: 1 over Benfica and then lost 4: 1 at Manchester United and then Basle with 2: 1.
However, they still hold the third place in the knockout phase of the European League, but if they could now retreat to the Swiss for this defeat in Moscow, then they would be back in the fight for another place that guarantees the performance in the eighth finals of the Champions League. That is why coach Goncharenko spent the weekend in the first match with Arsenal from Tule and rested on several standard beginners, while the experienced midfielder Dzagoev recovered in the meantime.
FC Basel – CSKA Moscow TIP
We have already stressed in our analysis that we are expecting from Moscow this time a much more aggressive and more offensive approach than in the previous round with Basel, since they now have these three points less than the Swiss, which on the other hand always play offensive on the field to score more than the opponent.
PREDICTION: CSKA Moskva win @ 1.90