| Chelsea | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | S1 | DR | Gabriel Heinze |
| DR | Paulo Ferreira | | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | John Terry | | DR | Wes Brown |
| S3 | MD | Lassana Diarra | | MD | Kieran Lee |
| MD | Claude Makelele | | MD | Alan Smith |
| MD | Michael Essien | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S1 | MD | John Obi Mikel | | AM | Chris Eagles |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| S2 | WR | Scott Sinclair | | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| FD | Salomon Kalou | S2 | FD | Dong Fangzhou |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Joe Cole | S1 | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S2 | FD | Ben Sahar | S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S3 | DR | Nuno Morais | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Jose Mourinho | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |