| Manchester United | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| S3 | DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Radhi Jaidi |
| MD | Anderson | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | S3 | MD | Mehdi Nafti |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S2 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| AM | Nani | | FD | Garry O'Connor |
| S1 | FD | Carlos Tevez | S1 | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell |
| S2 | MD | Owen Hargreaves | S2 | WR | Daniel de Ridder |
| S3 | DR | Wes Brown | S3 | MD | Wilson Palacios |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Alex McLeish |