| | League position: | 1 | | Home league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | WWWWXWLW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | Alex MERET | 7 | 1 | 7 | Odysseas VLACHODIMOS | | Tosin ADARABIOYO | 7 | 2 | 5½ | Luke AYLING | | Levi COLWILL | 6½ | 3 | 7 | Maximilian WÖBER | | Jack HINSHELWOOD | 7 | 4 | 6½ | Tyler ADAMS | | Nathan COLLINS | 7½ | 5 | 6½ | Robin KOCH | | Lisandro MARTÍNEZ | 8 | 6 | 6 | Liam COOPER | | Anthony GORDON | 6½ | 7 | 6 | Brenden AARONSON | | Yoane WISSA | 7½ | 8 | 7 | Jack HARRISON | | (c,p)Ollie WATKINS | 7½ | 9 | 6 | Niclas FÜLLKRUG(c,p) | | (f)Kevin SCHADE | 6½ | 10 | 5 | RODRIGO Moreno(f) | | Morgan ROGERS | 7 | 11 | 5½ | Wilfried GNONTO | | Manager | | | ANSU FATI | | 12 | | Jamie SHACKLETON | | James TRAFFORD | | 13 | | JOEL Robles | | Jarrad BRANTHWAITE | | 14 | | Kalvin PHILLIPS | | Tyler MORTON | | 15 | 6½ | Mateusz BOGUSZ | | Cesare CASADEI | | 16 | | Arvin APPIAH |
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| | | | League position: | 23 | | Away league form: | WXLW | | Overall league form: | LWLLXLXX | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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