| Arsenal | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Manuel Almunia | S3 | GK | David James |
| DR | Emmanuel Eboue | S2 | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Kieran Gibbs | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Thomas Vermaelen | | DR | Younes Kaboul |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Abou Diaby | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| S1 | MD | Cesc Fabregas | | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| MD | Denilson | | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| S2 | FD | Eduardo | | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| FD | Robin van Persie | | FD | John Utaka |
| S3 | FD | Andrey Arshavin | S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Aaron Ramsey | S1 | FD | David Nugent |
| S2 | MD | Fran Merida | S2 | DR | Anthony Vanden Borre |
| S3 | FD | Nicklas Bendtner | S3 | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Paul Hart |