Alexander Frei took his goals tally for the week up to four as Basel claimed a 3-0 victory over Servette to move into second place in the Swiss Super League.

Frei, whose brace at Old Trafford in midweek came within a whisker of earning Basel a famous UEFA Champions League win over Manchester United, scored his team's second and third goals at the St Jakob-Park today after Aleksander Dragovic put them in front 42nd minute.

Basel are six points behind unbeaten leaders Lucerne, who take on third-placed Young Boys tomorrow.

In Saturday's other game, Neuchatel Xamax moved within a point of fifth-placed FC Thun as they ran out 4-0 winners.

Neuchatel led 2-0 at the break with goals from Javier Arizmendi and Geoffrey Treand before Sebastian Wuthrich made it three in the 64th minute and Paito wrapped it up eight minutes from time.