| Charlton Athletic | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | | GK | Gabor Kiraly |
| DR | Osei Sankofa | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Djimi Traore | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Gary Cahill |
| S1 | DR | Radostin Kishishev | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| DR | Talal El Karkouri | | MD | Steven Davis |
| MD | Matt Holland | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| MD | Darren Ambrose | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S3 | WR | Dennis Rommedahl | S2 | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S2 | FD | Marcus Bent | S1 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| FD | Darren Bent | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Bryan Hughes | S1 | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| S2 | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | S2 | MD | Isaiah Osbourne |
| S3 | AM | Jerome Thomas | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alan Pardew | | | Martin O'Neill |