| Aston Villa | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | DR | Andy Todd |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | S1 | DR | Dominic Matteo |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | MD | Steven Reid |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S2 | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| MD | Steven Davis | | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S1 | MD | Peter Whittingham | S3 | AM | Brett Emerton |
| FD | Milan Baros | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Shefki Kuqi |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Patrik Berger | S1 | DR | Vratislav Gresko |
| | | S2 | FD | Matt Jansen |
| | | S3 | FD | Jemal Johnson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David O'Leary | | | Mark Hughes |