| Stoke City | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Jamie Ashdown |
| DR | Andy Wilkinson | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Robert Huth | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | | DR | Younes Kaboul |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| S1 | MD | Salif Diao | | MD | Jamie O'Hara |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | S2 | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Michael Brown |
| WR | Matthew Etherington | | MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng |
| S2 | FD | James Beattie | S1 | FD | Aruna Dindane |
| S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence | S1 | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| S2 | FD | Mamady Sidibe | S2 | FD | Danny Webber |
| S3 | FD | Tuncay Sanli | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Tony Pulis | | | Paul Hart |