| Birmingham City | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | David James |
| DR | Stephen Carr | S2 | DR | Anthony Vanden Borre |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| S1 | DR | Gregory Vignal | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Roger Johnson | | DR | Younes Kaboul |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| MD | Keith Fahey | | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| AM | James McFadden | S1 | MD | Papa Bouba Diop |
| S3 | FD | Garry O'Connor | | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| S2 | FD | Cameron Jerome | S3 | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby | S1 | MD | Angelos Basinas |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips | S2 | FD | John Utaka |
| S3 | FD | Christian Benitez | S3 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Paul Hart |