| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Robbie Elliott | DR | Wilfred Bouma | ||
| DR | Peter Ramage | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| DR | Jean-Alain Boumsong | DR | Aaron Hughes | ||
| DR | Titus Bramble | DR | Liam Ridgewell | ||
| MD | Amdy Faye | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Scott Parker | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| S2 | AM | Nolberto Solano | MD | Gavin McCann | |
| FD | Alan Shearer | S1 | MD | Steven Davis | |
| FD | Shola Ameobi | S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | |
| S1 | FD | Michael Chopra | FD | Milan Baros | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Albert Luque | S1 | MD | Eirik Bakke |
| S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer | S2 | FD | Luke Moore |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | David O'Leary | ||||