| Manchester City | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | | GK | Petr Cech |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | John Terry |
| DR | Michael Ball | S1 | DR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | MD | Geremi |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | S2 | MD | Claude Makelele |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Michael Ballack |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| S3 | MD | Didi Hamann | | WR | Arjen Robben |
| FD | Emile Mpenza | | FD | Didier Drogba |
| S2 | FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Salomon Kalou |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Ishmael Miller | S1 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras | S2 | MD | Lassana Diarra |
| S3 | MD | Ousmane Dabo | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Jose Mourinho |