| Birmingham City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Colin Doyle | | GK | Craig Gordon |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Carlos Edwards |
| DR | Stuart Parnaby | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Paul McShane |
| DR | Johan Djourou | | DR | Danny Collins |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | S3 | MD | Greg Halford |
| MD | Mehdi Nafti | | MD | Dickson Etuhu |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | S1 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| WR | Olivier Kapo | | WR | Ross Wallace |
| S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey | | FD | Michael Chopra |
| S2 | FD | Mikael Forssell | S2 | FD | David Connolly |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | MD | Liam Miller |
| S2 | FD | Cameron Jerome | S2 | FD | Stern John |
| | | S3 | FD | Roy O'Donovan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Roy Keane |