| Birmingham City | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | David Murphy | | DR | Javier Garrido |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| DR | Radhi Jaidi | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| MD | Damien Johnson | | MD | Elano |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | S2 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| WR | Gary McSheffrey | | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell | S1 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S2 | FD | Mauro Zarate | S3 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby | S1 | FD | Felipe Caicedo |
| S2 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S2 | MD | Geovanni |
| | | S3 | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alex McLeish | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |