| Portsmouth | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Edwin van der Sar | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | DR | Patrice Evra | ||
| S1 | DR | Armand Traore | DR | Rio Ferdinand | |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | DR | Wes Brown | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Nemanja Vidic | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | John O'Shea | ||
| MD | Lassana Diarra | S1 | MD | Anderson | |
| MD | Papa Bouba Diop | MD | Paul Scholes | ||
| S2 | MD | Sean Davis | MD | Darren Fletcher | |
| FD | Peter Crouch | FD | Wayne Rooney | ||
| FD | Jermain Defoe | FD | Carlos Tevez | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Jerome Thomas | S1 | MD | Rodrigo Possebon |
| S2 | FD | John Utaka | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Redknapp | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||