| Birmingham City | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| DR | Radhi Jaidi | S1 | DR | David Wheater |
| S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | S3 | MD | Julio Arca |
| MD | Damien Johnson | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| WR | Gary McSheffrey | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| FD | Cameron Jerome | S2 | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | DR | Robert Huth |
| S2 | MD | Mehdi Nafti | S2 | FD | Dong-gook Lee |
| | | S3 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Gareth Southgate |