| Everton | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | | GK | Shay Given |
| DR | Leighton Baines | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Phil Neville | | DR | Pablo Zabaleta |
| DR | Johnny Heitinga | | DR | Javier Garrido |
| S1 | DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Vincent Kompany |
| MD | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Tim Cahill | | MD | Nigel de Jong |
| MD | Marouane Fellaini | S2 | WR | Martin Petrov |
| AM | Steven Pienaar | S1 | FD | Roque Santa Cruz |
| S3 | WR | Landon Donovan | | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| S2 | FD | Louis Saha | | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Seamus Coleman | S3S1 | FD | Robinho |
| S2 | FD | James Vaughan | S2 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| S3 | MD | Jose Baxter | S3 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Roberto Mancini |