| Aston Villa | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Gabor Kiraly | | GK | Hilario |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | | DR | Paulo Ferreira |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| DR | Gary Cahill | S1 | DR | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | | DR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| S2 | MD | Steven Davis | | MD | Claude Makelele |
| S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | | MD | Michael Essien |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S2 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | FD | Didier Drogba |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S3 | FD | Salomon Kalou |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Isaiah Osbourne | S1 | MD | Geremi |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | S2 | FD | Andrei Shevchenko |
| | | S3 | MD | John Obi Mikel |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Jose Mourinho |