| Arsenal | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Emmanuel Eboue | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| S3 | DR | Justin Hoyte | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Johan Djourou | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | S1 | MD | Steven Davis |
| MD | Cesc Fabregas | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| AM | Alexander Hleb | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| S1 | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | S3 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| FD | Thierry Henry | S2 | FD | Luke Moore |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Robin van Persie | S1 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| S2 | WR | Theo Walcott | S2 | MD | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| S3 | MD | Mathieu Flamini | S3 | DR | Martin Laursen |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Martin O'Neill |