| Manchester City | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Kasper Schmeichel | | GK | Scott Carson |
| DR | Micah Richards | S2 | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Javier Garrido | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Zat Knight |
| MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | MD | Elano | S3 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | AM | Ashley Young |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | FD | Luke Moore |
| S3 | FD | Emile Mpenza | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| S1 | FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | DR | Michael Ball | S2 | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S3 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Martin O'Neill |