| Aston Villa | Wigan Athletic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Chris Kirkland | ||
| DR | Luke Young | DR | Emmerson Boyce | ||
| DR | Curtis Davies | DR | Mario Melchiot | ||
| DR | Zat Knight | DR | Maynor Figueroa | ||
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | DR | Titus Bramble | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | S2 | MD | Paul Scharner | |
| MD | James Milner | MD | Lee Cattermole | ||
| MD | Stilian Petrov | MD | Jason Koumas | ||
| S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | MD | Michael Brown | |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | WR | Daniel de Ridder | |
| FD | Emile Heskey | FD | Mido | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | John Carew | S1 | FD | Hugo Rodallega |
| S2 | MD | Ben Watson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Martin O'Neill | Steve Bruce | ||||