| West Ham United | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Roy Carroll | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Paul Konchesky | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Tomas Repka | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Danny Gabbidon | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Yossi Benayoun | S2 | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S3 | MD | Hayden Mullins | S3 | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | | MD | James Milner |
| S1 | AM | Matthew Etherington | | MD | Steven Davis |
| FD | Teddy Sheringham | | FD | Milan Baros |
| S2 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S1 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Shaun Newton | S1 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| S2 | FD | Bobby Zamora | S2 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S3 | DR | Christian Dailly | S3 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Pardew | | | David O'Leary |