| Aston Villa | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Gabor Kiraly | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Gary Cahill | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S3 | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| MD | Steven Davis | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| S1 | MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Gary Speed |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S1 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| FD | Chris Sutton | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | S2S1 | MD | Idan Tal |
| S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S2 | WR | Ricardo Gardner |
| | | S3 | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Sam Allardyce |