| League position: | 1 | Home league form: | WWWW | Overall league form: | WWXWWOWX | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | René ADLER | 6 | 1 | 6½ | Ralf FÄHRMANN | Elseid HYSAJ | 7½ | 2 | 6½ | Pavel KADERÁBEK | (c)Ashley YOUNG | 7 | 3 | 8 | DIDAC Vilà | Dusan TADIC | 7 | 4 | 7½ | Pascal GROSS | Federico FAZIO | 7½ | 5 | 6½ | Víctor RUÍZ | Jonny EVANS | 6½ | 6 | 6 | Mikael LUSTIG | Morgan SCHNEIDERLIN | 6½ | 7 | 7 | Chinedu OBASI | Shinji KAGAWA | 7 | 8 | 6½ | CARLOS EDUARDO Marques | (p)Giuseppe ROSSI | 7 | 9 | 7½ | Vedad IBISEVIC(c,p) | (f)Hakan ÇALHANOGLU | 6½ | 10 | 6 | Demba BA(f) | Max KRUSE | 6 | 11 | 6½ | Admir MEHMEDI | | Manager | | JOSÉ ENRIQUE Sánchez | | 12 | | Sejad SALIHOVIC | JÚNIOR COSTA | | 13 | | Timo HILDEBRAND | Mathias JØRGENSEN | | 14 | 6 | Jukka RAITALA | Christian NOBOA | | 15 | | Stéphane SESSÈGNON | Fabricio COLOCCINI | | 16 | | MAICOSUEL Reginaldo |
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| | | League position: | 2 | Away league form: | LLWW | Overall league form: | WLWWWLWW | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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