| League position: | 9 | Home league form: | LXXW | Overall league form: | XLLXXWLL | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | David DE GEA | 7 | 1 | 6 | Etrit BERISHA | Cesar AZPILICUETA | 6 | 2 | 7 | Daniele BONERA | Oscar WENDT | 8 | 3 | 7½ | Stefan RADU | Gylfi SIGURÐSSON | 7½ | 4 | 6 | Ogenyi ONAZI | Simon KJÆR | 7 | 5 | 6½ | MAURÍCIO dos Santos | Andreas CHRISTENSEN | 6 | 6 | 6½ | Lorenzo ARIAUDO | Albin EKDAL | 7½ | 7 | 5½ | Reto ZIEGLER | Christian ERIKSEN | 7½ | 8 | 7 | Josip ILICIC | (c,p)Sergio AGÜERO | 7½ | 9 | 6½ | Jermain DEFOE(c,p) | (f)DIEGO da Silva COSTA | 6 | 10 | 6 | Khouma BABACAR(f) | Joshua KING | 6½ | 11 | 6½ | Dries MERTENS | | Manager | | Frederik SØRENSEN | | 12 | | Luca ANTONELLI | Kasper SCHMEICHEL | | 13 | | Maarten STEKELENBURG | Marcos ROJO | 7 | 14 | | Manuel PASQUAL | Arber ZENELI | | 15 | | Giuseppe PRESTIA | Martin BRAITHWAITE | | 16 | | Alessandro MATRI |
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| | | League position: | 17 | Away league form: | LLLO | Overall league form: | LWLLLOLL | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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