| Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Andre Ooijer | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | DR | Johan Djourou |
| S3 | MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S1 | MD | David Dunn | S3 | MD | Mehdi Nafti |
| AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| WR | David Bentley | | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S2 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| FD | Roque Santa Cruz | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Benni McCarthy | S1 | MD | Wilson Palacios |
| S2 | FD | Matt Derbyshire | S2 | FD | Garry O'Connor |
| S3 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S3 | MD | Neil Danns |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Mark Hughes | | | Steve Bruce |