| Aston Villa | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Gabor Kiraly | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Aaron Hughes | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Gary Cahill | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Steven Davis | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| MD | Craig Gardner | S3 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S1 | MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Chris Sutton | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Louis Saha |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | S1 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| | | S2 | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| | | S3 | DR | John O'Shea |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |