| Aston Villa | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | David James | ||
| S1 | DR | Martin Laursen | DR | Glen Johnson | |
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Noe Pamarot | ||
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | S2 | DR | Armand Traore | |
| MD | Gareth Barry | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | James Milner | DR | Sol Campbell | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | MD | Papa Bouba Diop | ||
| MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | MD | Sean Davis | ||
| AM | Ashley Young | S1 | WR | Glen Little | |
| FD | John Carew | FD | Peter Crouch | ||
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S3 | FD | Jermain Defoe | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Luke Young | S1 | FD | John Utaka |
| S2 | DR | Nadir Belhadj | |||
| S3 | MD | Arnold Mvuemba | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Harry Redknapp | ||||