| Aston Villa | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Edwin van der Sar | ||
| DR | Luke Young | DR | Patrice Evra | ||
| DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Rio Ferdinand | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Nemanja Vidic | ||
| S1 | MD | Steve Sidwell | DR | John O'Shea | |
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Ji-Sung Park | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Michael Carrick | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S2 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | |
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | WR | Ryan Giggs | ||
| AM | Ashley Young | FD | Wayne Rooney | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | FD | Carlos Tevez | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | John Carew | S1 | AM | Nani |
| S2 | MD | Anderson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Sir Alex Ferguson | ||||