| Manchester City | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Paul Robinson |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | S2 | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | Gael Givet |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S2 | MD | Elano | | MD | Vince Grella |
| MD | Nigel de Jong | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Robinho | S1 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| S1 | FD | Felipe Caicedo | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Valeri Bojinov | S1 | MD | Carlos Villanueva |
| S2 | WR | Martin Petrov | S2 | MD | Keith Andrews |
| | | S3 | WR | Aaron Doran-Cogan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Sam Allardyce |