| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Justin Hoyte | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Gael Clichy | S1 | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | Johan Djourou | | DR | Andy Todd |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Cesc Fabregas | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| S1 | MD | Tomas Rosicky | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S2 | AM | Alexander Hleb | | WR | David Bentley |
| S3 | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Robin van Persie | | FD | Shabani Nonda |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Mathieu Flamini | S1 | FD | Matt Derbyshire |
| S2 | WR | Theo Walcott | | | |
| S3 | MD | Julio Baptista | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Mark Hughes |