| Portsmouth | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Asmir Begovic | | GK | Shay Given |
| DR | Anthony Vanden Borre | S1 | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Nadir Belhadj | | DR | Wayne Bridge |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | | DR | Joleon Lescott |
| MD | Aaron Mokoena | | DR | Kolo Toure |
| MD | Hayden Mullins | S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| MD | Michael Brown | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Niko Kranjcar | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | MD | Richard Hughes | | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| S2 | FD | Frederic Piquionne | | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| S1 | FD | Tommy Smith | | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | John Utaka | S1 | DR | Pablo Zabaleta |
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | MD | Nigel de Jong |
| S3 | FD | David Nugent | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Hart | | | Mark Hughes |