| Aston Villa | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Maik Taylor | ||
| DR | Mark Delaney | DR | Olivier Tebily | ||
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | DR | Kenny Cunningham | ||
| DR | Ulises De la Cruz | DR | Matthew Upson | ||
| DR | Olof Mellberg | MD | Robbie Savage | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | S1 | MD | David Dunn | |
| MD | Gavin McCann | MD | Damien Johnson | ||
| MD | Steven Davis | MD | Darren Carter | ||
| AM | Nolberto Solano | S3 | AM | Stan Lazaridis | |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | FD | Emile Heskey | ||
| FD | Carlton Cole | S2 | FD | Clinton Morrison | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Julian Gray | |||
| S2 | MD | Darren Anderton | |||
| S3 | DR | Jamie Clapham | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David O'Leary | Steve Bruce | ||||