| Manchester City | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Michael Ball | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Craig Gardner |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S2 | MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| FD | Georgios Samaras | | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Emile Mpenza | S2 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S2 | FD | Luke Moore |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Martin O'Neill |