| Portsmouth | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Joe Hart | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | DR | Micah Richards | ||
| DR | Noe Pamarot | DR | Vedran Corluka | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Javier Garrido | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| MD | Sulley Ali Muntari | MD | Stephen Ireland | ||
| MD | Niko Kranjcar | S2 | MD | Elano | |
| MD | Sean Davis | MD | Didi Hamann | ||
| S1 | FD | John Utaka | MD | Gelson Fernandes | |
| FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | WR | Martin Petrov | ||
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S1 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Matt Taylor | S1 | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| S2 | FD | David Nugent | S2 | MD | Geovanni |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Redknapp | Sven-Goran Eriksson | ||||