| | League position: | 2 | | Home league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | XWOWWWXL | | Formation: | 3-5-2 |
| | | Line-ups | | Manuel NEUER | 5½ | 1 | 5½ | Tim HOWARD | | Branislav IVANOVIC | 7 | 2 | 7 | Kyle WALKER | | Ashley COLE | 7½ | 3 | 7½ | Leighton BAINES | | (c)Vincent KOMPANY | 6½ | 4 | 7½ | Michael CARRICK | | Samir NASRI | 6½ | 5 | 6 | Phil JAGIELKA | | David SILVA | 6½ | 6 | 7 | Ryan GIGGS(c,p,f) | | Sergio AGÜERO | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | James MILNER | | Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER | 6½ | 8 | 6½ | Scott PARKER | | (p)Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC | 6 | 9 | 7 | Jermain DEFOE | | DANI ALVES | 7½ | 10 | 6½ | Aaron LENNON | | (f)Andrés INIESTA | 6½ | 11 | 5½ | Daniel STURRIDGE | | Heath BROWN | Manager | Mel HUNTER | | Gonzalo HIGUAÍN | | 12 | | Tom CLEVERLEY | | Igor AKINFEEV | | 13 | | Ben FOSTER | | RAMIRES Santos | | 14 | 6 | Phil JONES | | Thomas VERMAELEN | | 15 | | Adam JOHNSON | | John TERRY | | 16 | | Danny WELBECK |
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| | | | League position: | 4 | | Away league form: | XXWW | | Overall league form: | WXWXXWWW | | Formation: | 3-5-2 |
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