| Manchester United | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Rafael | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Chris Smalling | | DR | Robert Huth |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Danny Collins |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| S1 | MD | Darron Gibson | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| AM | Nani | S1 | MD | Rory Delap |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | AM | Matthew Etherington |
| FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S3 | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| S2 | FD | Javier Hernandez | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Michael Carrick | S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| S2 | FD | Michael Owen | S2 | FD | Jon Walters |
| | | S3 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Tony Pulis |