| Portsmouth | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Asmir Begovic | | GK | Manuel Almunia |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Bacary Sagna |
| DR | Steve Finnan | | DR | Armand Traore |
| DR | Nadir Belhadj | | DR | Thomas Vermaelen |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | | DR | William Gallas |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | MD | Abou Diaby |
| S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S3 | MD | Samir Nasri |
| S3 | MD | Richard Hughes | | MD | Aaron Ramsey |
| S2 | MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng | | MD | Alex Song |
| MD | Hassan Yebda | S1 | FD | Eduardo |
| FD | Frederic Piquionne | S2 | FD | Andrey Arshavin |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Anthony Vanden Borre | S1 | MD | Tomas Rosicky |
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | FD | Carlos Vela |
| S3 | MD | Michael Brown | S3 | MD | Craig Eastmond |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Arsene Wenger |