| Aston Villa | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Wilfred Bouma | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Martin Laursen | | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| DR | Zat Knight | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S2 | MD | Elano |
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | S1 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney | | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| AM | Ashley Young | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| FD | John Carew | S3 | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Stilian Petrov | S1 | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| | | S2 | DR | Javier Garrido |
| | | S3 | MD | Kelvin Etuhu |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |