| Birmingham City | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Stephen Carr | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Stuart Parnaby | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| DR | Roger Johnson | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Rory Delap |
| MD | Keith Fahey | | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| AM | James McFadden | S2 | WR | Matthew Etherington |
| FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | FD | James Beattie |
| S1 | FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Christian Benitez | S1 | FD | Dave Kitson |
| S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | S2 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Tony Pulis |