| Aston Villa | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Tim Howard |
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Ulises De la Cruz | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Wes Brown |
| S3 | MD | Gareth Barry | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S2 | MD | Lee Hendrie | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S1 | FD | Peter Crouch | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S1 | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Marcus Allback | S1 | FD | Louis Saha |
| S2 | MD | Peter Whittingham | S2 | MD | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| S3 | FD | Dion Dublin | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David O'Leary | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |