| Aston Villa | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| S3 | GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Abel Xavier |
| DR | Gary Cahill | | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| S1 | MD | Isaiah Osbourne | | DR | Robert Huth |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Julio Arca |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S2 | AM | James Morrison |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S1 | FD | Malcolm Christie |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Steven Davis | S1 | FD | Massimo Maccarone |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S3 | GK | Stuart Taylor | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Gareth Southgate |