| Manchester United | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Edwin Van der Sar | | GK | Ben Foster |
| S2 | DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Chris Smalling | | DR | David Murphy |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Anderson | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| S1 | MD | Michael Carrick | S2 | MD | Keith Fahey |
| AM | Nani | | MD | Jordon Mutch |
| S3 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S1 | AM | Alexander Hleb |
| FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S3 | WR | David Bentley |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Matt Derbyshire |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Darron Gibson | S1 | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| S2 | DR | Fabio | S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S3 | FD | Michael Owen | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Alex McLeish |