| Aston Villa | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | David James |
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| S2 | DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Gary Cahill | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| MD | James Milner | S3 | WR | Albert Riera |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S2 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S1 | FD | Milan Baros | S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips | S2 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| | | S3 | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David O'Leary | | | Stuart Pearce |