| League position: | 22 | Home league form: | XLXL | Overall league form: | LXXWLLXL | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | Line-ups | Harry TYRER | 5½ | 1 | 6½ | Mads HERMANSEN | Matthew OLOSUNDE | 7 | 2 | 6 | Lewie COYLE | (c)Robbie BRADY | 6 | 3 | 6½ | Keane LEWIS-POTTER | Alan BROWNE | 7 | 4 | 7 | Jackson IRVINE | Ben DAVIES | 6½ | 5 | 7 | Alfie JONES | Andrew HUGHES | 6½ | 6 | 6 | TOBIAS Pereira FIGUEIREDO | Tony SPRINGETT | 6½ | 7 | 6 | Cole PALMER | Anass ZAROURY | 6 | 8 | 7½ | BORJA SAINZ Eguskiza | (p)Emil RIIS | 7½ | 9 | 6½ | Armando BROJA(p) | (f)EOM Ji-sung | 6 | 10 | 6½ | Jean SÉRI(c,f) | TONI | 7½ | 11 | 6 | Patrick BAMFORD | | Manager | | Alistair McCANN | | 12 | | Michael HECTOR | Ben PEARSON | | 13 | | Nathan BAXTER | Brad POTTS | 6 | 14 | | Xavier SIMONS | Fraser HORNBY | | 15 | 6½ | Greg DOCHERTY | Daniel JOHNSON | | 16 | | Steven ALZATE |
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| | | League position: | 11 | Away league form: | WXLW | Overall league form: | LWXWWLWW | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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