| Aston Villa | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Aaron Hughes | DR | Stephen Carr | ||
| DR | Olof Mellberg | S1 | DR | Celestine Babayaro | |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | DR | Craig Moore | ||
| MD | Peter Whittingham | DR | Titus Bramble | ||
| MD | Steven Davis | MD | Scott Parker | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | S3 | MD | Emre Belozoglu | |
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | James Milner | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S2 | AM | Nolberto Solano | |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | WR | Damien Duff | ||
| FD | Luke Moore | FD | Obafemi Martins | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Charles N'Zogbia | |||
| S2 | FD | Albert Luque | |||
| S3 | MD | Nicky Butt | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Glenn Roeder | ||||