| Manchester City | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Carlo Cudicini |
| DR | Michael Ball | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | S2 | DR | Juliano Belletti |
| S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | John Terry |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Alex Dias da Costa |
| MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Michael Essien |
| S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| S2 | MD | Elano | | MD | John Obi Mikel |
| MD | Gelson Fernandes | S1 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | FD | Salomon Kalou |
| FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | MD | Joe Cole |
| S2 | FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | DR | Paulo Ferreira |
| S3 | FD | Felipe Caicedo | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Avram Grant |