| Cardiff City | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Marshall | GK | Simon Mignolet | ||
| DR | Kevin Theophile-Catherine | DR | Glen Johnson | ||
| DR | Fabio | S2 | DR | Jon Flanagan | |
| S2 | DR | Declan John | DR | Daniel Agger | |
| DR | Steven Caulker | DR | Martin Skrtel | ||
| DR | Juan Cala | MD | Steven Gerrard | ||
| MD | Gary Medel | S1 | MD | Philippe Coutinho | |
| MD | Jordon Mutch | MD | Jordan Henderson | ||
| S1 | AM | Bo-kyung Kim | MD | Joe Allen | |
| FD | Fraizer Campbell | FD | Luis Suarez | ||
| S3 | FD | Craig Bellamy | S3 | FD | Daniel Sturridge |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Mats Daehli | S1 | WR | Raheem Sterling |
| S2 | WR | Wilfried Zaha | S2 | DR | Aly Cissokho |
| S3 | FD | Kenwyne Jones | S3 | DR | Mamadou Sakho |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | Brendan Rodgers | ||||