| Aston Villa | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| DR | Martin Laursen | | DR | Gretar Steinsson |
| DR | Curtis Davies | | DR | Gary Cahill |
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | | DR | Andy O'Brien |
| MD | Steve Sidwell | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S1 | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| S1 | MD | James Milner | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S2 | AM | Ashley Young | S2 | FD | Johan Elmander |
| S3 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | S1 | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S2 | WR | Ebi Smolarek |
| S3 | DR | Nicky Shorey | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Gary Megson |