| |  |  | 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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