| Portsmouth | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | S2 | DR | Pablo Zabaleta | |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | DR | Wayne Bridge | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Shay Logan | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | Nedum Onuoha | ||
| MD | Niko Kranjcar | DR | Vincent Kompany | ||
| MD | Sean Davis | MD | Stephen Ireland | ||
| S1 | MD | Angelos Basinas | MD | Elano | |
| S2 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | MD | Nigel de Jong | |
| FD | Peter Crouch | S1 | FD | Robinho | |
| FD | David Nugent | FD | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Hayden Mullins | S1 | FD | Felipe Caicedo |
| S2 | DR | Nadir Belhadj | S2 | FD | Ched Evans |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Paul Hart | Mark Hughes | ||||