| Middlesbrough | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Andreas Isaksson |
| DR | Stuart Parnaby | S1 | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Andrew Taylor | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Abel Xavier | | DR | Michael Ball |
| S1 | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | George Boateng | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | | MD | Joey Barton |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| S3 | FD | Jason Euell | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| S2 | FD | Dong-gook Lee | S2 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Andrew Davies | S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| S2 | AM | James Morrison | S2 | FD | DaMarcus Beasley |
| S3 | FD | Mark Viduka | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gareth Southgate | | | Stuart Pearce |