| Blackburn Rovers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | S2 | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| MD | Aaron Mokoena | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| WR | David Bentley | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | FD | Matt Derbyshire | S3 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| FD | Benni McCarthy | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | David Dunn | S1 | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S2 | FD | Shabani Nonda | S2 | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| | | S3 | MD | Steven Davis |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Martin O'Neill |