| League position: | 6 | Home league form: | W--- | Overall league form: | WXXW---- | Formation: | 3-4-3 |
| | Line-ups | Maduka OKOYE | 7 | 1 | 7 | Ørjan NYLAND(c) | Anselmo GARCÍA McNULTY | 8 | 2 | 7 | Gabriel OSHO | Ben JOHNSON | 7½ | 3 | 7 | Greg LEIGH | Hamza CHOUDHURY | 7½ | 4 | 6½ | Brad POTTS | (c)Jake O'BRIEN | 8 | 5 | 5½ | Jordan WILLIAMS | Flynn DOWNES | 8½ | 6 | 6 | Shadrach EGHAN | Dujon STERLING | 6½ | 7 | 6½ | Fred ONYEDINMA | Chidera EJUKE | 5½ | 8 | 6 | Liam CULLEN | Toluwalase AROKODARE | 7½ | 9 | 6½ | Cameron JEROME(p) | (p,f)Ché ADAMS | 7½ | 10 | 5½ | Kyle WOOTTON(f) | James MILNER | 7½ | 11 | 6 | SAMU SÁIZ | Per Magnusson | Manager | | Ross SYKES | | 12 | | Oliver CRANKSHAW | Liam KELLY | | 13 | | Itumeleng KHUNE | Dan NEIL | 6 | 14 | | Ryan WOODS | Ibrahim OSMAN | | 15 | | Jacob DAVENPORT | Ricardo PEPI | | 16 | | Sonny PERKINS |
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| | | League position: | 11 | Away league form: | LL-- | Overall league form: | LWLW---- | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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