| Aston Villa | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | DR | Stephen Warnock | ||
| DR | Olof Mellberg | DR | Andre Ooijer | ||
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Chris Samba | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | MD | Steven Reid | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | David Dunn | ||
| S1 | MD | Stilian Petrov | AM | Brett Emerton | |
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | WR | David Bentley | ||
| AM | Ashley Young | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | ||
| FD | John Carew | FD | Roque Santa Cruz | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | FD | Matt Derbyshire | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S1 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Mark Hughes | ||||