| Aston Villa | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Dean Kiely |
| S1 | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | S3 | DR | Andy Griffin |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | | DR | Andy O'Brien |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| MD | Gavin McCann | S2 | MD | Sean Davis |
| MD | James Milner | | MD | Pedro Mendes |
| MD | Steven Davis | | AM | Wayne Routledge |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | S1 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Lomana LuaLua |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Ulises De la Cruz | S1 | FD | Azar Karadas |
| S2 | FD | Luke Moore | S2 | AM | Ognjen Koroman |
| | | S3 | DR | Brian Priske |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | David O'Leary | | | Harry Redknapp |