| Liverpool | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Pepe Reina | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Glen Johnson | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Emiliano Insua | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Jamie Carragher | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| DR | Daniel Ayala | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S1 | MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| MD | Yossi Benayoun | S3 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Javier Mascherano | | MD | Rory Delap |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | | WR | Matthew Etherington |
| S3 | FD | Fernando Torres | S1 | FD | James Beattie |
| S2 | FD | Dirk Kuyt | S2 | FD | Richard Cresswell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Albert Riera | S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| S2 | FD | Andriy Voronin | S2 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| S3 | FD | David N'Gog | S3 | DR | Danny Pugh |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Rafael Benitez | | | Tony Pulis |