| | League position: | 5 | | Home league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | WWWWWLWX | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | Ross TURNBULL | 7 | 1 | 7 | Sebastián VIERA | | Stephen KELLY | 7 | 2 | 7 | Pablo ZABALETA | | Jlloyd SAMUEL | 6½ | 3 | 7½ | Javier GARRIDO | | Michele PAZIENZA | 7½ | 4 | 6½ | MARIO SUÁREZ Mata | | (c)LUIZÃO | 5½ | 5 | 6½ | CADÚ(c) | | James COLLINS | 6½ | 6 | 6 | Nicolas PLESTAN | | Gary O'NEIL | 7 | 7 | 7 | Tony HIBBERT | | Alessio CERCI | 7½ | 8 | 7 | Salomon KALOU | | (p)Danny GRAHAM | 7 | 9 | 6½ | Rodrigo SOUZA(p) | | (f)HUGO Miguel VIANA | 6½ | 10 | 5½ | Alexander TETTEY(f) | | Hernán PEIRONE | 5½ | 11 | 5½ | Daisuke SAKATA | | Manager | | | Matthew BATES | | 12 | | Luka VUCKO | | Paul SMITH | | 13 | | Julian REINARD | | Jerome THOMAS | | 14 | | Morten RASMUSSEN | | James VAUGHAN | 7 | 15 | | Giuseppe SCURTO | | Lewin NYATANGA | | 16 | | Sergio HELLINGS |
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| | | | League position: | 11 | | Away league form: | LLWW | | Overall league form: | LWLXWLWW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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