| West Ham United | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Robert Green | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| S1 | DR | Herita Ilunga | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Habib Beye |
| DR | Manuel Da Costa | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Scott Parker | | DR | James Collins |
| MD | Mark Noble | | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| MD | Valon Behrami | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Jack Collison | | AM | Ashley Young |
| AM | Julien Faubert | S2 | FD | John Carew |
| S3 | FD | Guillermo Franco | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| S2 | FD | Carlton Cole | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Jonathan Spector | S1 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| S2 | FD | Zavon Hines | S2 | DR | Luke Young |
| S3 | MD | Luis Jimenez | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gianfranco Zola | | | Martin O'Neill |