| Birmingham City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | | DR | Steve Finnan |
| DR | David Murphy | S1 | DR | John Arne Riise |
| S1 | DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| DR | Radhi Jaidi | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Yossi Benayoun |
| MD | Mehdi Nafti | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | | MD | Damien Plessis |
| AM | James McFadden | | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| S2 | WR | Olivier Kapo | | FD | Andriy Voronin |
| S3 | FD | Mikael Forssell | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Franck Queudrue | S1 | DR | Emiliano Insua |
| S2 | WR | Gary McSheffrey | | | |
| S3 | FD | Mauro Zarate | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Rafael Benitez |