| Manchester City | Newcastle United |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Shay Given |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Habib Beye |
| S1 | DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | David Rozehnal |
| DR | Javier Garrido | S2 | DR | Steven Taylor |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | MD | James Milner |
| S2 | MD | Michael Johnson | S1 | MD | Geremi |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Nicky Butt |
| S3 | MD | Elano | | MD | Alan Smith |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | AM | Charles N'Zogbia |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | FD | Obafemi Martins |
| FD | Emile Mpenza | S3 | FD | Mark Viduka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha | S1 | DR | Jose Enrique |
| S2 | DR | Michael Ball | S2 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S3 | MD | Geovanni | S3 | MD | Emre Belozoglu |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Sam Allardyce |