| Sunderland | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Ben Alnwick | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Justin Hoyte | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Christian Bassila | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Gary Breen | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| S1 | DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Tommy Miller | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Anthony Le Tallec | S2 | MD | Steven Davis |
| S2 | AM | Andy Welsh | S3 | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Jon Stead | S1 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Martin Woods | S1 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S2 | MD | Eirik Bakke |
| | | S3 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mick McCarthy | | | David O'Leary |