| Middlesbrough | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | | DR | Gary Neville |
| S3 | DR | Abel Xavier | | DR | Gabriel Heinze |
| DR | Andrew Taylor | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| S1 | DR | Jonathan Woodgate | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| DR | Robert Huth | S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| MD | George Boateng | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | S2 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | | FD | Louis Saha |
| S2 | FD | Malcolm Christie | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | James Morrison | S1 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S2 | FD | Massimo Maccarone | S2 | DR | Wes Brown |
| S3 | DR | Stuart Parnaby | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gareth Southgate | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |