| Aston Villa | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Jens Lehmann | ||
| DR | Mark Delaney | DR | Lauren | ||
| DR | Aaron Hughes | DR | Pascal Cygan | ||
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | DR | Sol Campbell | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | DR | Kolo Toure | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | MD | Cesc Fabregas | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Mathieu Flamini | ||
| MD | Steven Davis | S3 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | |
| MD | Eirik Bakke | S2 | AM | Alexander Hleb | |
| FD | Milan Baros | S1 | FD | Robin van Persie | |
| S1 | FD | Luke Moore | FD | Thierry Henry | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S1 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp |
| S2 | WR | Jose Antonio Reyes | |||
| S3 | MD | Robert Pires | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David O'Leary | Arsene Wenger | ||||