| Blackburn Rovers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| S1 | DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Andy Todd | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Steven Reid | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | MD | Steven Davis |
| S2 | WR | David Bentley | S1 | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| S3 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | | FD | Luke Moore |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S1 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| S2 | AM | Brett Emerton | S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| S3 | FD | Paul Dickov | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | David O'Leary |