| Manchester City | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| DR | Javier Garrido | | DR | Chris Riggott |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| S1 | MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | S1 | MD | George Boateng |
| S3 | MD | Elano | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S2 | FD | Emile Mpenza | S2 | FD | Tom Craddock |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Michael Ball | S1 | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras | S2 | FD | Ben Hutchinson |
| S3 | MD | Geovanni | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Gareth Southgate |