Quickly creating an issue for this; proper issue summary will follow.
https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/upgrade/upgrade-using-web-browser#pre-upgr...
If the database credentials to your source database are correct, the upgrade review page will appear as illustrated in the screenshot below. This page shows a summary of the upgrade status for all installed modules on the old site.
Latest iterations use this help text instead:
The new site is missing modules corresponding to the old site's modules. Unless they are installed prior to the upgrade, configuration and/or content needed by them will not be available on your new site. Read the checklist to help decide what to do.

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@yorkshirepudding, In the end I fixed it by deleting the config/active folder contents, copying the config/staging/ files into config/active, importing the database again and clearing the caches...
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists
Thanks, I have to go out now, I will try later on and report back
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists
Hi Francis. Yes, what config do you have in staging for it? You might have configs like: field.field.field_video_embed field.instance.node.page....
Importing the staged config throws an error: another field with the same name already exists