| Portsmouth | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Kostas Chalkias | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Dejan Stefanovic | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | | DR | Ulises De la Cruz |
| MD | Matt Taylor | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| MD | Aliou Cisse | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| S2 | MD | Giannis Skopelitis | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Richard Hughes | S1 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| AM | Steve Stone | | MD | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| AM | Patrik Berger | S2 | AM | Nolberto Solano |
| S1 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| FD | Diomansy Kamara | S3 | FD | Luke Moore |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | S1 | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | S2 | MD | Steven Davis |
| | | S3 | MD | Mathieu Berson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Velimir Zajec | | | David O'Leary |