| Manchester United | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | | GK | Scott Carson |
| S1 | DR | Patrice Evra | S3 | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| S3 | DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Martin Laursen |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | AM | Ashley Young |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | FD | Marlon Harewood |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| FD | Carlos Tevez | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | MD | Anderson | S2 | MD | Moustapha Salifou |
| S3 | MD | Owen Hargreaves | S3 | MD | Isaiah Osbourne |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Martin O'Neill |