| Chelsea | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Petr Cech | | GK | Scott Carson |
| DR | Ashley Cole | S3 | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Paulo Ferreira | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Ricardo Carvalho | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| DR | Alex Dias da Costa | | DR | Zat Knight |
| MD | Michael Essien | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S1 | MD | Frank Lampard | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| MD | Joe Cole | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | FD | Andrei Shevchenko | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S3 | FD | Claudio Pizarro | S2 | FD | John Carew |
| FD | Salomon Kalou | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Michael Ballack | S1 | DR | Curtis Davies |
| S2 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S2 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S3 | MD | John Obi Mikel | S3 | FD | Marlon Harewood |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Martin O'Neill |