| Aston Villa | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Stuart Taylor | | GK | Nicky Weaver |
| S1 | DR | Wilfred Bouma | S3 | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | Gary Cahill | S2 | DR | Hatem Trabelsi |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | FD | Bernardo Corradi |
| FD | Milan Baros | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Steven Davis | S1 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| | | S2 | FD | Paul Dickov |
| | | S3 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Stuart Pearce |