| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Olivier Bernard | DR | Mark Delaney | ||
| DR | Titus Bramble | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | ||
| DR | Steven Caldwell | S1 | DR | Ulises De la Cruz | |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | DR | Ronny Johnsen | ||
| MD | Jermaine Jenas | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Gary Speed | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| MD | Lee Bowyer | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger | ||
| WR | Laurent Robert | MD | Peter Whittingham | ||
| FD | Alan Shearer | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| FD | Shola Ameobi | S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Stefan Moore | |||
| S2 | FD | Marcus Allback | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Robson | David O'Leary | ||||