| Birmingham City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | GK | Pepe Reina | ||
| DR | Stephen Carr | DR | Glen Johnson | ||
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | DR | Emiliano Insua | ||
| DR | Roger Johnson | DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | ||
| DR | Scott Dann | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| MD | Lee Bowyer | MD | Steven Gerrard | ||
| MD | Barry Ferguson | S2 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | |
| MD | Keith Fahey | MD | Lucas Leiva | ||
| MD | Craig Gardner | AM | Maxi Rodriguez | ||
| S1 | AM | James McFadden | S1 | FD | Fernando Torres |
| FD | Cameron Jerome | S3 | FD | Dirk Kuyt | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Kevin Phillips | S1 | FD | David N'Gog |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Babel | |||
| S3 | MD | Alberto Aquilani | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex McLeish | Rafael Benitez | ||||