| Portsmouth | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Dean Kiely | | GK | Jens Lehmann |
| DR | Brian Priske | S3 | DR | Sol Campbell |
| DR | Linvoy Primus | | DR | Kolo Toure |
| DR | Dejan Stefanovic | | DR | Johan Djourou |
| MD | Andres D'Alessandro | | MD | Abou Diaby |
| MD | Matt Taylor | | MD | Mathieu Flamini |
| MD | Gary O'Neil | | MD | Alex Song |
| S1 | MD | Sean Davis | | AM | Freddie Ljungberg |
| MD | Pedro Mendes | S2 | WR | Jose Antonio Reyes |
| S2 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | | FD | Thierry Henry |
| S3 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | S1 | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Wayne Routledge | S1 | FD | Robin van Persie |
| S2 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov | S2 | AM | Alexander Hleb |
| S3 | MD | Richard Hughes | S3 | DR | Emmanuel Eboue |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Arsene Wenger |