| Arsenal | Cardiff City |
|---|
| GK | Wojciech Szczesny | | GK | David Marshall |
| DR | Bacary Sagna | | DR | Kevin McNaughton |
| DR | Nacho Monreal | | DR | Declan John |
| DR | Per Mertesacker | | DR | Steven Caulker |
| DR | Laurent Koscielny | | DR | Ben Turner |
| MD | Mikel Arteta | | MD | Peter Whittingham |
| MD | Jack Wilshere | S1 | MD | Gary Medel |
| MD | Santi Cazorla | S2 | MD | Jordon Mutch |
| S1 | MD | Mathieu Flamini | | AM | Bo-kyung Kim |
| WR | Theo Walcott | | WR | Craig Noone |
| S2 | FD | Lukas Podolski | S3 | FD | Fraizer Campbell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Tomas Rosicky | S1 | MD | Aron Gunnarsson |
| S3S2 | FD | Nicklas Bendtner | S2 | MD | Don Cowie |
| S3 | DR | Thomas Vermaelen | S3 | FD | Nicky Maynard |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Arsene Wenger | | | David Kerslake |