| Manchester City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Michael Ball | | DR | Gabriel Heinze |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S1 | MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S1 | MD | Alan Smith |
| S2 | FD | DaMarcus Beasley | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Emile Mpenza | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S3 | FD | Paul Dickov | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |