| Aston Villa | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Pavel Srnicek |
| DR | Mark Delaney | S1 | DR | Boris Zivkovic |
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | DR | Petri Pasanen |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw |
| MD | Lee Hendrie | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Richard Hughes |
| S1 | MD | Peter Whittingham | S2 | MD | Alexei Smertin |
| FD | Dion Dublin | | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S2 | FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| S3 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger | S1 | WR | Kevin Harper |
| S2 | FD | Stefan Moore | S2 | FD | Teddy Sheringham |
| S3 | FD | Peter Crouch | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | David O'Leary | | | Harry Redknapp |