| Stoke City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Andy Wilkinson | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| DR | Danny Pugh | S1 | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | | DR | Jonny Evans |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | S2 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Glenn Whelan | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | MD | Amdy Faye | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S1 | MD | Rory Delap | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S3 | FD | Richard Cresswell | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| FD | Ricardo Fuller | | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Andrew Davies | S1 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov |
| S2 | MD | Seyi Olofinjana | S2 | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S3 | FD | Vincent Pericard | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Tony Pulis | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |