| Stoke City | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Asmir Begovic | | GK | Ben Foster |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Robert Huth | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | DR | Scott Dann |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| S2 | AM | Matthew Etherington | S1 | AM | Jean Beausejour |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | | FD | Nikola Zigic |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Glenn Whelan | S1 | MD | Keith Fahey |
| S2 | DR | Marc Wilson | | | |
| S3 | FD | Jon Walters | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Tony Pulis | | | Alex McLeish |