| Birmingham City | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Richard Kingson | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Stephen Kelly | DR | Glen Johnson | ||
| DR | Rafael Schmitz | DR | Noe Pamarot | ||
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Johan Djourou | DR | Sol Campbell | ||
| MD | Mehdi Nafti | MD | Papa Bouba Diop | ||
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | MD | Sulley Ali Muntari | ||
| WR | Olivier Kapo | MD | Niko Kranjcar | ||
| S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey | MD | Sean Davis | |
| WR | Daniel de Ridder | S1 | FD | John Utaka | |
| FD | Mikael Forssell | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Eric Black | Harry Redknapp | ||||