| Stoke City | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Fabio Aurelio |
| DR | Robert Huth | | DR | Emiliano Insua |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | S1 | DR | Philipp Degen |
| S2 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | DR | Sotirios Kyrgiakos |
| MD | Salif Diao | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| S1 | MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Javier Mascherano |
| WR | Matthew Etherington | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| S3 | FD | Mamady Sidibe | | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| FD | Tuncay Sanli | S2 | FD | David N'Gog |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence | S1 | AM | Maxi Rodriguez |
| S2 | DR | Andy Wilkinson | S2 | MD | Alberto Aquilani |
| S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Tony Pulis | | | Rafael Benitez |