| | League position: | 10 | | Home league form: | WWXL | | Overall league form: | XWLLLWLX | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | (c)Luca CASTELLAZZI | 6½ | 1 | 6½ | Vincent ENYEAMA | | Stefano LUCCHINI | 7 | 2 | 7 | Ben NUGENT | | Andrea COSTA | 7 | 3 | 6 | Clark ROBERTSON | | Fernando TISSONE | 8 | 4 | 7 | James CHESTER | | Daniele GASTALDELLO | 8 | 5 | 6½ | Graeme SHINNIE | | Modibo DIAKITÉ | 6½ | 6 | 6 | Nathaniel CHALOBAH | | PABLO Hernández | 8 | 7 | 6 | Billy McKAY | | Andrea POLI | 8 | 8 | 6½ | James WARD-PROWSE | | (p)Nicola POZZI | 7 | 9 | 6 | Anthony UJAH(c,p,f) | | (f)Tommaso ROCCHI | 6 | 10 | 6 | Ross BARKLEY | | Emanuele TESTARDI | 6 | 11 | 6½ | Thomas INCE | | Manager | Per Magnusson | | Mohammed RABIU | | 12 | | George THORNE | | Mario CASSANO | | 13 | | Sam WALKER | | Stefan SCEPOVIC | | 14 | 7 | Ravel MORRISON | | Daniele MANNINI | | 15 | | Nicky LAW | | Luciano ZAURI | | 16 | | Patrick BAMFORD |
|
| | | | League position: | 21 | | Away league form: | XXWL | | Overall league form: | XXLWXLWL | | Formation: | 4-4-2 |
|