| Manchester United | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | S1 | GK | Nicky Weaver |
| DR | Gary Neville | S3 | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Hatem Trabelsi |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Joey Barton |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | | FD | Bernardo Corradi |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | S1 | GK | Andreas Isaksson |
| | | S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| | | S3 | FD | DaMarcus Beasley |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Stuart Pearce |