| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Harper | GK | Scott Carson | ||
| DR | Stephen Carr | DR | Wilfred Bouma | ||
| DR | David Rozehnal | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| DR | Steven Taylor | DR | Martin Laursen | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| S3 | MD | Geremi | MD | Stilian Petrov | |
| MD | Nicky Butt | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | ||
| MD | Alan Smith | MD | Craig Gardner | ||
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | AM | Ashley Young | ||
| S1 | FD | Obafemi Martins | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| S2 | FD | Mark Viduka | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Michael Owen | S1 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S2 | FD | Shola Ameobi | |||
| S3 | DR | Cacapa | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sam Allardyce | Martin O'Neill | ||||