| Aston Villa | Stoke City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | S1 | GK | Thomas Sorensen | |
| DR | Luke Young | DR | Danny Higginbotham | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Andy Wilkinson | ||
| DR | Zat Knight | S2 | DR | Danny Pugh | |
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | DR | Ryan Shawcross | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | DR | Ibrahima Sonko | ||
| MD | James Milner | MD | Salif Diao | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S3 | MD | Amdy Faye | |
| AM | Ashley Young | AM | Liam Lawrence | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | FD | Mamady Sidibe | ||
| S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | FD | James Beattie | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | John Carew | S1 | GK | Steve Simonsen |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | |||
| S3 | MD | Glenn Whelan | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Tony Pulis | ||||