| Sunderland | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Carlos Edwards | | DR | Curtis Davies |
| S1 | DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| S2 | DR | Danny Collins | S1 | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Teemu Tainio | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| FD | Djibril Cisse | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Phil Bardsley | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S2 | DR | Paul McShane | | | |
| S3 | MD | Andy Reid | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Ricky Sbragia | | | Martin O'Neill |