| Blackburn Rovers | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Paul Robinson | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Robert Huth |
| DR | Gael Givet | S1 | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S1 | MD | David Dunn | | MD | Salif Diao |
| MD | Steven N'Zonzi | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| S2 | MD | Keith Andrews | | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | WR | Matthew Etherington |
| S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| FD | Franco Di Santo | S2 | FD | Mamady Sidibe |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Jason Roberts | S1 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S2 | MD | Vince Grella | S2 | FD | James Beattie |
| S3 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S3 | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sam Allardyce | | | Tony Pulis |