| Manchester United | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| S1 | DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Andrew Davies |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S3 | MD | Alan Smith | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S2 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S1 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Mark Viduka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S1 | FD | Dong-gook Lee |
| S2 | MD | Darren Fletcher | | | |
| S3 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gareth Southgate |