| Aston Villa | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | GK | Maik Taylor | ||
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | DR | Stephen Kelly | ||
| S1 | DR | Olof Mellberg | DR | David Murphy | |
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Liam Ridgewell | ||
| DR | Zat Knight | DR | Radhi Jaidi | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Mehdi Nafti | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | MD | Fabrice Muamba | ||
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | AM | James McFadden | ||
| AM | Ashley Young | WR | Gary McSheffrey | ||
| FD | John Carew | S1 | FD | Cameron Jerome | |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S2 | FD | Mauro Zarate | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S1 | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| S2 | FD | Mikael Forssell | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Alex McLeish | ||||