| Portsmouth | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Lauren | | DR | Luke Young |
| S1 | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| DR | Sol Campbell | | DR | Robert Huth |
| MD | Papa Bouba Diop | | MD | Julio Arca |
| MD | Niko Kranjcar | S2 | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| S3 | MD | Richard Hughes | | MD | Mohamed Shawky |
| S2 | FD | John Utaka | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S1 | FD | Dong-gook Lee |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Matt Taylor | S1 | FD | Ben Hutchinson |
| S2 | FD | David Nugent | S2 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S3 | MD | Sulley Ali Muntari | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Gareth Southgate |