| | League position: | 19 | | Home league form: | LXWW | | Overall league form: | LXXLXWWW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | Ferdinando COPPOLA | 6 | 1 | 6½ | Igor AKINFEEV | | Matthew BATES | 6½ | 2 | 6½ | Carles PUYOL | | Wilfred BOUMA | 6½ | 3 | 7 | Giorgio CHIELLINI | | Kieran RICHARDSON | 7½ | 4 | 9 | XAVI | | Per MERTESACKER | 6½ | 5 | 7 | William GALLAS | | Zat KNIGHT | 6 | 6 | 7 | Jamie CARRAGHER | | Kieron DYER | 7 | 7 | 6 | Andrea PIRLO | | CARLOS EDUARDO Marques | 7 | 8 | 7 | NANI | | (c,p)Peter CROUCH | 6½ | 9 | 7½ | Didier DROGBA(c,p) | | (f)Alan SMITH | 6 | 10 | 6½ | Yaya TOURÉ(f) | | Edgar MANUCHARYAN | 5 | 11 | 7½ | David VÍLLA | | Manager | | | James MORRISON | | 12 | | Theo WALCOTT | | BETO | | 13 | | Marco AMELIA | | Dario VUJICEVIC | | 14 | | DIEGO Ribas | | Nourdin BOUKHARI | | 15 | | Ezequiel GARAY | | Matthew SADLER | | 16 | | Francesco TOTTI |
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| | | | League position: | 3 | | Away league form: | WLWW | | Overall league form: | WWLWWWWW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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