| Manchester City | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Danny Mills | DR | Mark Delaney | ||
| DR | Stephen Jordan | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | ||
| S1 | DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Ulises De la Cruz | |
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| MD | Joey Barton | S1 | MD | Gareth Barry | |
| MD | Paul Bosvelt | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| MD | Antoine Sibierski | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | AM | Nolberto Solano | ||
| FD | Robbie Fowler | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | ||
| FD | Jon Macken | S2 | FD | Carlton Cole | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha | S1 | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| S2 | FD | Luke Moore | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kevin Keegan | David O'Leary | ||||