| Manchester City | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | David James |
| S1 | DR | Pablo Zabaleta | S1 | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Javier Garrido | | DR | Anthony Vanden Borre |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| S2 | DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Jamie O'Hara |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S3 | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| MD | Nigel de Jong | | MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng |
| S3 | WR | Martin Petrov | | MD | Angelos Basinas |
| FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | | FD | John Utaka |
| FD | Carlos Tevez | S2 | FD | Danny Webber |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha | S1 | DR | Steve Finnan |
| S2 | DR | Dedryck Boyata | S2 | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| S3 | FD | Craig Bellamy | S3 | WR | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roberto Mancini | | | Avram Grant |