| Liverpool | Cardiff City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Simon Mignolet | GK | David Marshall | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | DR | Andrew Taylor | ||
| S1 | DR | Jon Flanagan | DR | Kevin Theophile-Catherine | |
| DR | Mamadou Sakho | DR | Steven Caulker | ||
| DR | Martin Skrtel | DR | Ben Turner | ||
| WR | Raheem Sterling | MD | Peter Whittingham | ||
| S2 | MD | Philippe Coutinho | S1 | MD | Gary Medel |
| MD | Jordan Henderson | S3 | MD | Aron Gunnarsson | |
| MD | Lucas Leiva | MD | Jordon Mutch | ||
| MD | Joe Allen | WR | Craig Noone | ||
| FD | Luis Suarez | S2 | FD | Peter Odemwingie | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Martin Kelly | S1 | FD | Fraizer Campbell |
| S2 | DR | Daniel Agger | S2 | AM | Bo-kyung Kim |
| S3 | FD | Andreas Cornelius | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brendan Rodgers | Malky Mackay | ||||