| Portsmouth | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | DR | Luke Young | ||
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | DR | Curtis Davies | ||
| DR | Nadir Belhadj | DR | Zat Knight | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Carlos Cuellar | ||
| S1 | DR | Sol Campbell | MD | Gareth Barry | |
| MD | Hayden Mullins | MD | James Milner | ||
| MD | Sean Davis | MD | Stilian Petrov | ||
| AM | Jermaine Pennant | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | |
| FD | Peter Crouch | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Younes Kaboul | S1 | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| S2 | FD | John Utaka | S2 | DR | Nicky Shorey |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Adams | Martin O'Neill | ||||