| Middlesbrough | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Abel Xavier | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Andrew Taylor | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Jonathan Woodgate | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| S1 | DR | Robert Huth | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| S3 | MD | George Boateng | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| MD | Fabio Rochemback | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | AM | Adam Johnson | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | S2 | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Malcolm Christie | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Chris Riggott | S1 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole | S2 | MD | Steven Davis |
| S3 | FD | Dong-gook Lee | S3 | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gareth Southgate | | | Martin O'Neill |