| | League position: | 2 | | Home league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | XWWXWOWW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | George WICKENS | 5½ | 1 | 6 | Jordan PICKFORD | | Zak SWANSON | 6 | 2 | 6½ | Ezri KONSA | | Julio SOLER | 7 | 3 | 7½ | Theo HERNÁNDEZ | | John LUNDSTRAM | 6½ | 4 | 7½ | BRUNO Miguel FERNANDES(c) | | Francisco SIERRALTA | 5½ | 5 | 7½ | Ben WHITE | | Tudor BALUTA | 5½ | 6 | 7 | Joe GOMEZ | | Abu KAMARA | 6 | 7 | 7 | Jarrod BOWEN | | Nikola VLASIC | 6 | 8 | 7½ | Kaoru MITOMA | | (c,p)Michail ANTONIO | 6½ | 9 | 6½ | Dominic SOLANKE(p) | | (f)GONÇALO Manuel GUEDES | 5½ | 10 | 7 | Matt O'RILEY(f) | | Dane SCARLETT | 6½ | 11 | 6½ | Christopher NKUNKU | | Manager | | | Ovie EJARIA | | 12 | | Archie GRAY | | Alex BASS | | 13 | | James TRAFFORD | | George HIRST | | 14 | | Dwight McNEIL | | Owen DODGSON | | 15 | 6 | SEMIH Kiliçsoy | | Joe RAFFERTY | | 16 | | Christos MOUZAKITIS |
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| | | | League position: | 1 | | Away league form: | WWWW | | Overall league form: | WWWWWWWW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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