| League position: | 8 | Home league form: | WX-- | Overall league form: | WWLLX--- | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | Walter BENÍTEZ | 6½ | 1 | 7½ | James TRAFFORD | Kyle WALKER | 7½ | 2 | 6½ | Kieran TRIPPIER | Ferland MENDY | 6½ | 3 | 8 | Tino LIVRAMENTO(c) | Lorenzo PELLEGRINI | 7½ | 4 | 6½ | Ethan PINNOCK | (c)Antonio RÜDIGER | 7½ | 5 | 6½ | Jarrad BRANTHWAITE | Manuel AKANJI | 7 | 6 | 6½ | CHADI Riad | Julian BRANDT | 7½ | 7 | 6½ | James WARD-PROWSE | PEPÊ | 7 | 8 | 6 | Lewis FERGUSON | Alexander SØRLOTH | 6 | 9 | 7½ | Michail ANTONIO(p) | LUCAS PAQUETÁ | 6½ | 10 | 6½ | Billy GILMOUR(f) | (p,f)Mohamed SALAH | 7 | 11 | 6 | Fábio CARVALHO | Hayden Dando | Manager | Scott Smillie | Jordan LOTOMBA | | 12 | | Luke THOMAS | Péter GULÁCSI | | 13 | | Caoimhin KELLEHER | Dries MERTENS | | 14 | | Samuel ILING-JUNIOR | Ivan TONEY | 6 | 15 | | Andrew OMOBAMIDELE | Matteo POLITANO | | 16 | | Abdul FATAWU |
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| | | League position: | 16 | Away league form: | LW-- | Overall league form: | XLXWL--- | Formation: | 5-3-2 |
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