| League position: | 1 | Home league form: | LWXW | Overall league form: | LLWWXXWW | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | Jan OBLAK | 6 | 1 | 6½ | Thibaut COURTOIS | Aymeric LAPORTE | 6½ | 2 | 7 | Jules KOUNDÉ | JORDI ALBA Ramos | 7 | 3 | 8 | Josko GVARDIOL | Luka MODRIC | 7 | 4 | 7 | PEDRI | Virgil VAN DIJK | 7½ | 5 | 7½ | Dayot UPAMECANO | Jarrad BRANTHWAITE | 6 | 6 | 6 | MARQUINHOS | Lionel MESSI | 6 | 7 | 7 | RODRYGO Silva | Sadio MANÉ | 7 | 8 | 6 | Martin ØDEGAARD(c,f) | (c,p)Robert LEWANDOWSKI | 6½ | 9 | 6½ | Kylian MBAPPÉ(p) | (f)Cristiano RONALDO | 5½ | 10 | 6½ | Erling HAALAND | Serge GNABRY | 5½ | 11 | 7 | VINÍCIUS José JÚNIOR | | Manager | Chris GODDARD | N'Golo KANTÉ | | 12 | | Florian WIRTZ | ALISSON Ramses | | 13 | | Gianluigi DONNARUMMA | SON Heung-min | | 14 | | RODRI | Éric GARCÍA | | 15 | | Jamal MUSIALA | Jordan HENDERSON | | 16 | | Nicolò BARELLA |
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| | | League position: | 2 | Away league form: | WWWW | Overall league form: | WWWWWXWW | Formation: | 4-4-2 |
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