| Manchester United | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Gary Neville | S1 | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | S2 | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Gary Cahill |
| S2 | MD | Michael Carrick | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Isaiah Osbourne |
| S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S3 | FD | Henrik Larsson | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Milan Baros |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | S1 | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| S2 | DR | John O'Shea | S2 | MD | Steven Davis |
| S3 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Martin O'Neill |