| Birmingham City | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Petr Cech |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Juliano Belletti |
| DR | Rafael Schmitz | | DR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Alex Dias da Costa |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Claude Makelele |
| MD | Damien Johnson | S2 | MD | Joe Cole |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | | MD | Michael Ballack |
| WR | Olivier Kapo | S3 | WR | Florent Malouda |
| S1 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S2 | FD | Cameron Jerome | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell | S1 | FD | Claudio Pizarro |
| S2 | AM | James McFadden | S2 | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| | | S3 | DR | Wayne Bridge |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alex McLeish | | | Avram Grant |