| Aston Villa | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Joe Hart | ||
| DR | Luke Young | DR | Micah Richards | ||
| DR | Nicky Shorey | DR | Vedran Corluka | ||
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Javier Garrido | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Tal Ben Haim | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Michael Johnson | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | MD | Elano | ||
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | S1 | MD | Gelson Fernandes | |
| AM | Ashley Young | MD | Kelvin Etuhu | ||
| FD | John Carew | WR | Martin Petrov | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S2 | FD | Ched Evans | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | |||
| S2 | FD | Daniel Sturridge | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Mark Hughes | ||||