| Portsmouth | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Asmir Begovic | | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Marc Wilson | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Jamie O'Hara | S1 | MD | Michael Carrick |
| MD | Michael Brown | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | MD | Hassan Yebda | | AM | Luis Antonio Valencia |
| S1 | FD | Frederic Piquionne | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S3 | FD | Aruna Dindane | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S1 | MD | Anderson |
| S2 | FD | John Utaka | | | |
| S3 | FD | Tommy Smith | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |