| Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Paul Robinson | | GK | Ben Foster |
| DR | Martin Olsson | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Michel Salgado | | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Chris Samba | S1 | DR | Roger Johnson |
| S1 | DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Phil Jones | | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Jermaine Jones | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | David Dunn | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S3 | AM | Junior Hoilett | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| S2 | FD | Roque Santa Cruz | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Jason Roberts | S1 | DR | Curtis Davies |
| S2 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | | | |
| S3 | AM | Brett Emerton | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Steve Kean | | | Alex McLeish |