| Birmingham City | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Stephen Kelly | S3 | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | David Murphy | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Radhi Jaidi | | MD | Steven Reid |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | S1 | MD | Johann Vogel |
| S2 | MD | Damien Johnson | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | | WR | David Bentley |
| S3 | WR | Olivier Kapo | S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell | | FD | Roque Santa Cruz |
| FD | Mauro Zarate | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Cameron Jerome | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S2 | MD | Mehdi Nafti | S2 | MD | David Dunn |
| S3 | WR | Gary McSheffrey | S3 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Mark Hughes |