| League position: | 3 | Home league form: | WWWX | Overall league form: | LWXWLWWX | Formation: | 4-3-2-1 |
| | Line-ups | Gianluigi DONNARUMMA | 7 | 1 | 6½ | Alphonse ARÉOLA | Benjamin PAVARD | 8 | 2 | 6 | Kurt ZOUMA | David ALABA | 7½ | 3 | 7½ | Ivan PERISIC(c) | (c,p)Enzo FERNÁNDEZ | 7½ | 4 | 7 | Tomás SOUCEK | MARQUINHOS | 8 | 5 | 7 | Naif AGUERD | Ibrahima KONATÉ | 6½ | 6 | 6½ | Dejan LOVREN | (f)Brennan JOHNSON | 7½ | 7 | 7 | Bertrand TRAORÉ | Federico VALVERDE | 7½ | 8 | 6 | PABLO FORNALS Malla | Darwin NÚÑEZ | 6 | 9 | 6 | Arnaud KALIMUENDO(p) | Mattéo GUENDOUZI | 7 | 10 | 6 | Manuel LANZINI(f) | Jack GREALISH | 7 | 11 | 6½ | Mohammed DARAMY | Luke Murray | Manager | | Tom ROTHE | | 12 | | Alex KRÁL | Raheem STERLING | 6 | 13 | | Lukasz FABIANSKI | Mason MOUNT | | 14 | | Eliezer MAYENDA | ANDREY Nascimento SANTOS | | 15 | | Angelo OGBONNA | GONÇALO Matias RAMOS | 7½ | 16 | | Saïd BENRAHMA |
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| | | League position: | 8 | Away league form: | WLXX | Overall league form: | LWXXLXXW | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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