| Aston Villa | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Ross Turnbull | ||
| S1 | DR | Nicky Shorey | DR | Justin Hoyte | |
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Andrew Taylor | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | ||
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | DR | Chris Riggott | ||
| MD | Steve Sidwell | MD | Gary O'Neil | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Didier Digard | ||
| MD | James Milner | AM | Stewart Downing | ||
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere | ||
| AM | Ashley Young | S1 | FD | Afonso Alves | |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | FD | Tuncay Sanli | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S1 | MD | Julio Arca |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Gareth Southgate | ||||