| Bolton Wanderers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Stuart Taylor |
| DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Abdoulaye Meite | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| S1 | DR | Ivan Campo | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| DR | Andy O'Brien | | DR | Zat Knight |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| AM | Ricardo Gardner | S1 | MD | Isaiah Osbourne |
| FD | Kevin Davies | S2 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| FD | El Hadji Diouf | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S3 | FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Gary Speed | S1 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S2 | MD | Danny Guthrie | S2 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S3 | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gary Megson | | | Martin O'Neill |