| Arsenal | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Manuel Almunia | | GK | David James |
| DR | Bacary Sagna | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Gael Clichy | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| S1 | DR | Emmanuel Eboue | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | S3 | MD | Papa Bouba Diop |
| S2 | MD | Abou Diaby | | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| MD | Samir Nasri | S1 | MD | Richard Hughes |
| MD | Denilson | | MD | Sean Davis |
| FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| FD | Nicklas Bendtner | S2 | FD | David Nugent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Carlos Vela | S1 | MD | Arnold Mvuemba |
| S2 | MD | Aaron Ramsey | S2 | FD | Jermain Defoe |
| | | S3 | DR | Noe Pamarot |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Arsene Wenger | | | Tony Adams |