| Birmingham City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | S1 | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Wes Brown |
| S2 | DR | Johan Djourou | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S3 | MD | Mehdi Nafti | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S1 | MD | Fabrice Muamba | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| WR | Olivier Kapo | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| WR | Gary McSheffrey | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| FD | Cameron Jerome | S3 | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Wilson Palacios | S1 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| S2 | DR | Rafael Schmitz | S2 | FD | Louis Saha |
| S3 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S3 | DR | John O'Shea |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |