| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Harper | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Stephen Carr | DR | Phil Bardsley | ||
| DR | Paul Huntington | S2 | DR | Wilfred Bouma | |
| DR | Steven Taylor | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| DR | Titus Bramble | DR | Gary Cahill | ||
| MD | Scott Parker | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Stilian Petrov | ||
| S1 | MD | Nicky Butt | MD | Gareth Barry | |
| MD | Kieron Dyer | AM | Ashley Young | ||
| WR | Damien Duff | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| FD | Obafemi Martins | S1 | FD | John Carew | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S1 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Glenn Roeder | Martin O'Neill | ||||