| Chelsea | Derby County |
|---|
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Ashley Cole | | DR | Marc Edworthy |
| DR | Paulo Ferreira | | DR | Jay McEveley |
| DR | Ricardo Carvalho | S1 | DR | Alan Stubbs |
| DR | John Terry | | DR | Darren Moore |
| S2 | MD | Claude Makelele | | MD | Stephen Pearson |
| MD | Frank Lampard | S2 | MD | Hossam Ghaly |
| S3 | MD | Joe Cole | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| S1 | MD | Michael Ballack | S3 | WR | Eddie Lewis |
| FD | Salomon Kalou | | WR | Mile Sterjovski |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Kenny Miller |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Didier Drogba | S1 | DR | Dean Leacock |
| S2 | MD | Michael Essien | S2 | FD | Rob Earnshaw |
| S3 | FD | Andrei Shevchenko | S3 | MD | David Jones |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Paul Jewell |