| Manchester City | Sheffield United |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Paddy Kenny |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Chris Armstrong |
| S1 | DR | Stephen Jordan | | DR | Leigh Bromby |
| DR | Hatem Trabelsi | | DR | Phil Jagielka |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Claude Davis |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | MD | Mikele Leigertwood |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Michael Tonge |
| S2 | MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Alan Quinn |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | | AM | Keith Gillespie |
| FD | Georgios Samaras | | FD | Rob Hulse |
| S3 | FD | Bernardo Corradi | S1 | FD | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Ishmael Miller | S1 | FD | Danny Webber |
| S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna | | | |
| S3 | FD | Paul Dickov | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Neil Warnock |