| Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Jason Brown | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Martin Olsson | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Michel Salgado | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | Phil Jones | | DR | Scott Dann |
| S3 | MD | David Dunn | | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Steven N'Zonzi | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| MD | Keith Andrews | S3 | MD | Keith Fahey |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | AM | James McFadden |
| S1 | FD | Nikola Kalinic | S2 | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Jason Roberts | S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S2 | AM | Junior Hoilett | S2 | FD | Christian Benitez |
| S3 | AM | Brett Emerton | S3 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sam Allardyce | | | Alex McLeish |