| Manchester City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Edwin Van der Sar |
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | S2 | DR | Patrice Evra |
| S2 | DR | Jerome Boateng | S1 | DR | Rafael |
| DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| S1 | MD | James Milner | | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| MD | Nigel de Jong | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Yaya Toure | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| WR | David Silva | | AM | Nani |
| S3 | FD | Carlos Tevez | S3 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Adam Johnson | S1 | DR | Wes Brown |
| S2 | DR | Aleksandar Kolarov | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S3 | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | S3 | FD | Javier Hernandez |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roberto Mancini | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |