| Manchester City | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Bruno Berner |
| DR | Michael Ball | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | S1 | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | MD | Steven Reid |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S2 | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Gelson Fernandes | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | WR | David Bentley |
| S1 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S3 | FD | Roque Santa Cruz |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Elano | S1 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| S2 | DR | Javier Garrido | S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| | | S3 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Mark Hughes |