| Manchester United | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Ross Turnbull |
| S1 | DR | Rafael | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Chris Riggott |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Matty Bates |
| DR | Jonny Evans | | DR | David Wheater |
| MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Julio Arca |
| S2 | MD | Darren Fletcher | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S3 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S1 | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere |
| FD | Dimitar Berbatov | | FD | Afonso Alves |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Gary Neville | S1 | FD | Marvin Emnes |
| S2 | MD | Paul Scholes | | | |
| S3 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gareth Southgate |