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Commentary
5¹A great effort from MUSIALA scraped the top of the crossbar.
6¹SHAW rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
8¹GOAL!! XHAKA tried to play the ball out of the FC Basel penalty area but was tackled by SOUMARÉ who forced the ball to RASHFORD for an easy goal. (1-0 Newcastle United)
13¹GORDON shot over.
16¹SOUMARÉ made space on the right and knocked the ball to MUSIALA who fired the ball wide.
16¹A right foot shot from GORDON was saved by the FC Basel 'keeper.
22¹The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ALAN fell just over.
24¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from WILLOCK struck the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by MUSIALA. (2-0 Newcastle United)
28¹GOAL!! A quick-witted SEFEROVIC pounced on a loose ball just inside the box and made no mistake. (2-1 Newcastle United)
33¹FRIMPONG beat three FC Basel players and slammed a great chance just wide.
36¹RASHFORD brought the ball round MILLAR and rifled a tame shot over.
37¹The referee books WILLOCK for a high challenge.
38¹A corner found MILLAR who nodded the ball over the bar.
39¹MUSIALA beat MILLAR and fired the ball to AKÉ who pulled his shot wide.
42¹GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of MUSIALA who flicked the ball past the helpless FC Basel 'keeper. (3-1 Newcastle United)
46¹A tame shot from FREI rolled agonisingly wide.
1²RASHFORD played the ball to MUSIALA who nodded it over.
4²A mix up in the FC Basel defence enabled SOUMARÉ to crack an effort wide.
6²GORDON was put clear by WILLOCK and he stepped inside the FC Basel 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide.
21²A free-kick from SHAW raced over.
25²FRIMPONG ran onto a great ball from GORDON but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
30²MUSIALA poked a simple chance past the near post.
31²VAN WOLFSWINKEL scuffed an easy chance.
40²GOAL!! A cross from MUSIALA was flicked away by FREI only for SOUMARÉ to tap the ball back into the box for AKÉ to force into the net. (4-1 Newcastle United)
43²A penalty box meleé resulted in MUSIALA cracking a low shot over.
44²RAMIRES blasted a looping shot wide from close range.

 
FC Basel
 
League position: 14
Home league form: LWWX
Overall league form: LLLWWLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jonas OMLIN5½15½Aaron RAMSDALE
Taulant XHAKA7 27 Jeremie FRIMPONG
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ7 37½Luke SHAW(c)
ALAN Patrick7 47½Nathan AKÉ
Cheikhou KOUYATÉ6½57½Ben WHITE
Éder BALANTA6 67½Boubakary SOUMARÉ
Fabian FREI6 78 Cole PALMER
Liam MILLAR6½87 Anthony GORDON
(c,p)Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL7 97½Marcus RASHFORD(p)
(f)Sergio ARAUJO6½106½Joe WILLOCK(f)
Haris SEFEROVIC6 116½Jamal MUSIALA
ManagerCharlie Pulling
Kevin BUA  12  Alex MURPHY
Federico MARCHETTI  13  Freddie WOODMAN
RAMIRES5½14  Miralem PJANIC
Bradley FINK  15  Jacob MURPHY
Matías CAHAIS  16  Jonjo SHELVEY
 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 8
Away league form: LXWX
Overall league form: LLWXWXXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
FC Basel 1 Newcastle United 4
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 30,373, Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Referee: Vladimar Pyanikh 5½)

Seferovic 28¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Rashford 8¹, Musiala 24¹, Musiala 42¹, Aké 40²
AraujoóRamires 15² 
  
 Willock 37¹
77
118
412
16
414
520
02
39%61%
Man of the match: Cole Palmer