| Manchester United | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Gary Neville | DR | Luke Young | ||
| DR | Patrice Evra | DR | Nicky Shorey | ||
| DR | John O'Shea | DR | Curtis Davies | ||
| DR | Jonny Evans | DR | Carlos Cuellar | ||
| MD | Michael Carrick | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Darren Fletcher | S1 | MD | James Milner | |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | MD | Stilian Petrov | ||
| S1 | AM | Nani | AM | Ashley Young | |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | FD | John Carew | ||
| S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Federico Macheda | S1 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| S2 | FD | Danny Welbeck | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Martin O'Neill | ||||