| League position: | 3 | Home league form: | WWWW | Overall league form: | WWWXXWWW | Formation: | 4-3-2-1 |
| | Line-ups | Emiliano MARTÍNEZ | 7½ | 1 | 6½ | Caoimhin KELLEHER | Benjamin PAVARD | 7 | 2 | 7 | Kevin MBABU | Theo HERNÁNDEZ | 8½ | 3 | 6 | DIEGO RICO Salguero(c) | Frenkie DE JONG | 7 | 4 | 8 | Jacob RAMSEY | Nathan AKÉ | 6½ | 5 | 6½ | Nathan COLLINS | David ALABA | 5 | 6 | 7 | Konstantinos MAVROPANOS | Federico VALVERDE | 7½ | 7 | 7 | Bryan MBEUMO | Alexis MAC ALLISTER | 7 | 8 | 6 | Nathan TELLA | Lautaro MARTÍNEZ | 7 | 9 | 5½ | Lucas AKINS(p) | (c,p,f)Kevin DE BRUYNE | 6½ | 10 | 6 | Reiss NELSON(f) | Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA | 7½ | 11 | 6 | Morgan WHITTAKER | Luke Murray | Manager | | Leny YORO | 6 | 12 | | Joe ARIBO | Unai SIMÓN | | 13 | | Mark TRAVERS | Aleksandar PAVLOVIC | 6 | 14 | | Sergi CANÓS | NICO WILLIAMS | | 15 | | James TARKOWSKI | Benjamin SESKO | | 16 | 6 | Japhet TANGANGA |
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| | | League position: | 12 | Away league form: | LLLL | Overall league form: | WLXLLLLW | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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