| West Ham United | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Robert Green | | GK | Kasper Schmeichel |
| S3 | DR | George McCartney | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Jonathan Spector | S2 | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Javier Garrido |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Mark Noble | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S3 | MD | Elano |
| S1 | WR | Luis Boa Morte | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| FD | Bobby Zamora | S1 | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Matthew Etherington | S1 | FD | Valeri Bojinov |
| S2 | MD | Hayden Mullins | S2 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| S3 | FD | Dean Ashton | S3 | MD | Geovanni |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Curbishley | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |