| Manchester United | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Brad Jones |
| DR | Gary Neville | S1 | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| S1 | DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Chris Riggott |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Matty Bates |
| DR | Wes Brown | | MD | George Boateng |
| DR | John O'Shea | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S3 | FD | Louis Saha | S2 | AM | James Morrison |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | S3 | FD | Massimo Maccarone |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S1 | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| S2 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S2 | FD | Malcolm Christie |
| S3 | FD | Giuseppe Rossi | S3 | MD | Ray Parlour |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Steve McClaren |