| Derby County | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Lewis Price | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Marc Edworthy | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Dean Leacock | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| S1 | DR | Claude Davis | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Darren Moore | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Pearson | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| MD | Hossam Ghaly | | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| MD | Robbie Savage | S1 | MD | Kelvin Etuhu |
| S3 | FD | Rob Earnshaw | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| FD | Craig Fagan | S3 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| FD | Kenny Miller | S2 | FD | Daniel Sturridge |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Andy Todd | S1 | MD | Elano |
| S2 | FD | Giles Barnes | S2 | MD | Geovanni |
| S3 | FD | Emanuel Villa | S3 | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Jewell | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |