| League position: | - | Home league form: | WWWO | Overall league form: | WWWWLOWX | Formation: | 4-4-2 |
| | Line-ups | Brad GUZAN | 6½ | 1 | 6½ | Fraser FORSTER | Nathaniel CLYNE | 7½ | 2 | 7 | Kyle WALKER | Jack COLBACK | 7 | 3 | 7½ | Danny ROSE | (c)Jack WILSHERE | 7½ | 4 | 7 | Chris SMALLING(c) | Ryan SHAWCROSS | 6½ | 5 | 7 | Ashley WILLIAMS | Micah RICHARDS | 6 | 6 | 6 | Aaron RAMSEY | Steve DAVIS | 7½ | 7 | 7 | Raheem STERLING | Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN | 6½ | 8 | 6½ | James WARD-PROWSE | Shane LONG | 7½ | 9 | 7 | Daniel STURRIDGE(p,f) | James McCARTHY | 6 | 10 | 7 | Ross BARKLEY | (p,f)Andros TOWNSEND | 6½ | 11 | 6½ | Danny WELBECK | Scott SMILLIE | Manager | Per Magnusson | Geoff CAMERON | | 12 | | Calum CHAMBERS | Jack BUTLAND | | 13 | | Vincent ENYEAMA | Darren FLETCHER | | 14 | | Luke SHAW | Saido BERAHINO | 6 | 15 | | Efe AMBROSE | Ikechi ANYA | | 16 | | Ahmed MUSA |
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| | | League position: | - | Away league form: | LLLW | Overall league form: | WLWLLWWL | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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