| Newcastle United | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Habib Beye | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Cacapa | | DR | Michael Ball |
| S3 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Steven Taylor | | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| MD | James Milner | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Nicky Butt | S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | S1 | MD | Elano |
| S2 | WR | Damien Duff | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S1 | FD | Obafemi Martins | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| FD | Mark Viduka | S3 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Michael Owen | S1 | MD | Kelvin Etuhu |
| S2 | DR | Jose Enrique | S2 | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| S3 | MD | Emre Belozoglu | S3 | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |