| Liverpool | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| DR | John Arne Riise | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Alvaro Arbeloa | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Johan Djourou |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | Mehdi Nafti |
| S3 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | S2 | MD | Wilson Palacios |
| S1 | WR | Ryan Babel | S1 | MD | Borja Melendez |
| S2 | FD | Andriy Voronin | | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | S3 | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Fernando Torres | S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| S2 | FD | Peter Crouch | S2 | FD | Garry O'Connor |
| S3 | DR | Steve Finnan | S3 | DR | Rafael Schmitz |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Steve Bruce |