| Charlton Athletic | Sheffield United |
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| GK | Scott Carson | | GK | Paddy Kenny |
| DR | Luke Young | S2 | DR | Derek Geary |
| S1 | DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Chris Armstrong |
| DR | Talal El Karkouri | | DR | Phil Jagielka |
| S3 | DR | Souleymane Diawara | | DR | Matt Kilgallon |
| MD | Alex Song | | DR | Chris Morgan |
| MD | Darren Ambrose | | MD | Nick Montgomery |
| MD | Zheng Zhi | | MD | Michael Tonge |
| S2 | AM | Jerome Thomas | | AM | Keith Gillespie |
| WR | Dennis Rommedahl | | FD | Jon Stead |
| FD | Darren Bent | S1 | FD | Luton Shelton |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | S1 | FD | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| S2 | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | S2 | MD | Mikele Leigertwood |
| S3 | DR | Madjid Bougherra | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Pardew | | | Neil Warnock |