| Aston Villa | Charlton Athletic |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Stephan Andersen |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | S2 | DR | Radostin Kishishev |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | S3 | DR | Chris Powell |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | DR | Talal El Karkouri |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Matt Holland |
| MD | James Milner | S1 | MD | Darren Ambrose |
| MD | Steven Davis | | MD | Alexei Smertin |
| S1 | FD | Milan Baros | | AM | Jerome Thomas |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Darren Bent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Luke Moore | S1 | FD | Kevin Lisbie |
| | | S2 | MD | Danny Murphy |
| | | S3 | DR | Chris Perry |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David O'Leary | | | Alan Curbishley |