| Arsenal | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Lukasz Fabianski | | GK | Ben Foster |
| DR | Gael Clichy | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Emmanuel Eboue | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | Sebastien Squillaci | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Johan Djourou | | DR | Scott Dann |
| MD | Abou Diaby | S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Samir Nasri | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Alex Song | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| MD | Jack Wilshere | S1 | MD | Keith Fahey |
| S1 | FD | Andrey Arshavin | | AM | Alexander Hleb |
| S2 | FD | Marouane Chamakh | | FD | Nikola Zigic |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Tomas Rosicky | S1 | DR | David Murphy |
| S2 | FD | Nicklas Bendtner | S2 | FD | Garry O'Connor |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Alex McLeish |