| Manchester City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Marton Fulop |
| S2 | DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Carlos Edwards |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S3 | DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | Anton Ferdinand |
| MD | Elano | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Nigel de Jong | S2 | MD | Steed Malbranque |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| S1 | FD | Valeri Bojinov | S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| FD | Robinho | S3 | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Craig Bellamy | S1 | DR | Calum Davenport |
| S2 | DR | Javier Garrido | S2 | MD | Andy Reid |
| S3 | MD | Gelson Fernandes | S3 | FD | Djibril Cisse |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Ricky Sbragia |