| Manchester United | Sheffield United |
|---|
| GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | | GK | Paddy Kenny |
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | | DR | Derek Geary |
| S1 | DR | Patrice Evra | S2 | DR | Rob Kozluk |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Phil Jagielka |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | DR | Matt Kilgallon |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | | DR | Chris Morgan |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Nick Montgomery |
| MD | Alan Smith | | MD | Michael Tonge |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S3 | FD | Luton Shelton |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Danny Webber |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S1 | FD | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S1 | AM | Keith Gillespie |
| S2 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S2 | DR | Chris Armstrong |
| | | S3 | FD | Christian Nade |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Neil Warnock |