| Aston Villa | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | GK | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | DR | Luke Young | ||
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | ||
| DR | Zat Knight | DR | Robert Huth | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | DR | David Wheater | ||
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | MD | Gary O'Neil | ||
| S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | MD | George Boateng | |
| S2 | MD | Shaun Maloney | MD | Mohamed Shawky | |
| AM | Ashley Young | AM | Stewart Downing | ||
| FD | John Carew | S1 | FD | Mido | |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | FD | Tuncay Sanli | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Olof Mellberg | S1 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S2 | FD | Marlon Harewood | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Gareth Southgate | ||||