| Manchester City | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Javier Garrido | S3 | DR | Rafael Schmitz |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Michael Johnson | S2 | MD | Mehdi Nafti |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| S3 | MD | Elano | | MD | Wilson Palacios |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| WR | Martin Petrov | S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| S1 | FD | Emile Mpenza | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras | S1 | WR | Daniel de Ridder |
| S2 | DR | Michael Ball | S2 | FD | Garry O'Connor |
| S3 | MD | Gelson Fernandes | S3 | MD | Neil Danns |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Steve Bruce |