| | League position: | 1 | | Home league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | WWWXWWWW | | Formation: | 4-4-2 |
| | | Line-ups | | Iker CASILLAS | 6½ | 1 | 6½ | Christian ABBIATI(c) | | Carles PUYOL | 7 | 2 | 7½ | Luciano ZAURI | | Ashley COLE | 8 | 3 | 6½ | Federico BALZARETTI | | XAVI | 8 | 4 | 6 | Samuele DALLA BONA | | Gerard PIQUÉ | 7 | 5 | 6½ | Jeroen SIMAEYS | | John TERRY | 6½ | 6 | 6 | Zat KNIGHT | | David SILVA | 7 | 7 | 6 | Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA | | (c,p,f)Juan MATA | 6½ | 8 | 6½ | Francesco MODESTO | | Cristiano RONALDO | 7 | 9 | 7 | Alessandro MATRI(p) | | Francesc FABREGAS | 7½ | 10 | 6 | Marcelo ZALAYETA(f) | | David VÍLLA | 7 | 11 | 5½ | Ruben OLIVERA | | Robert PETTO | Manager | | | SERGIO ASENJO Andrés | | 12 | | Scott WOOTTON | | David DE GEA | | 13 | | Sergio ROMERO | | Wayne ROONEY | | 14 | | Liam NOBLE | | XABI ALONSO | | 15 | | El Hadji DIOUF | | JORDI ALBA Ramos | | 16 | | Cedric EVINA |
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| | | | League position: | 16 | | Away league form: | WXLW | | Overall league form: | LWLXLWLL | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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