| Aston Villa | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | S3 | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | Martin Laursen | | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | WR | David Bentley |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | FD | Shabani Nonda |
| S1 | FD | Chris Sutton | S2 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Milan Baros | S1 | MD | Sergio Peter |
| | | S2 | FD | Francis Jeffers |
| | | S3 | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Mark Hughes |