| Newcastle United | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| DR | Habib Beye | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | David Rozehnal | | DR | Mat Sadler |
| DR | Steven Taylor | | DR | Rafael Schmitz |
| MD | Joey Barton | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | James Milner | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S2 | MD | Geremi | | MD | Mehdi Nafti |
| S1 | MD | Nicky Butt | | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| MD | Alan Smith | S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | S2 | WR | Daniel de Ridder |
| S3 | FD | Obafemi Martins | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Mark Viduka | S1 | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| S2 | MD | Emre Belozoglu | S2 | FD | Mikael Forssell |
| S3 | DR | Jose Enrique | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Alex McLeish |