| League position: | 1 | Home league form: | WWWW | Overall league form: | WWWWWWWW | Formation: | 3-1-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | Gianluigi DONNARUMMA | 6½ | 1 | 6½ | Jordan PICKFORD | Jude BELLINGHAM | 6 | 2 | 7 | Kyle WALKER | Jeremie FRIMPONG | 5½ | 3 | 8 | Dan BURN | (c)Phil FODEN | 6 | 4 | 8 | André-Frank ZAMBO ANGUISSA(c) | Kevin DE BRUYNE | 6½ | 5 | 7½ | Manuel AKANJI | RODRI | 6½ | 6 | 6½ | Sean LONGSTAFF | RÚBEN Santos DIAS | 7½ | 7 | 7 | Jarrod BOWEN | (f)Alphonso DAVIES | 7 | 8 | 6½ | Jack GREALISH | Jamal MUSIALA | 7½ | 9 | 7 | Ollie WATKINS | (p)Erling HAALAND | 6½ | 10 | 7 | Julián ÁLVAREZ(p) | Bukayo SAKA | 6½ | 11 | 6 | James MADDISON(f) | Lee Avramovic | Manager | Heath BROWN | Willy KAMBWALA | | 12 | | Jacob RAMSEY | EDERSON Santana | | 13 | | Aaron RAMSDALE | GONÇALO Bernardino INÁCIO | | 14 | | Connor BRADLEY | Tyler DIBLING | | 15 | | Tyrick MITCHELL | GONÇALO Matias RAMOS | | 16 | | James McCONNELL |
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| | | League position: | 2 | Away league form: | WWWL | Overall league form: | WWXWWXLW | Formation: | 4-4-2 |
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