| Liverpool | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Glen Johnson | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Emiliano Insua | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Daniel Agger | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | Martin Skrtel | | DR | Scott Dann |
| S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S3 | MD | Lucas Leiva | S1 | MD | Teemu Tainio |
| S1 | WR | Albert Riera | S2 | AM | James McFadden |
| FD | Dirk Kuyt | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| FD | David N'Gog | S3 | FD | Christian Benitez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Steven Gerrard | S1 | MD | Lee Carsley |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | S2 | DR | Gregory Vignal |
| S3 | MD | Alberto Aquilani | S3 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Alex McLeish |