| Arsenal | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Manuel Almunia | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Bacary Sagna | S2 | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Armand Traore | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Thomas Vermaelen | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| MD | Abou Diaby | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Samir Nasri | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S1 | MD | Denilson | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| MD | Alex Song | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S2 | FD | Eduardo | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| FD | Andrey Arshavin | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S3S1 | MD | Cesc Fabregas | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| S2 | WR | Theo Walcott | S2 | MD | Fabian Delph |
| S3 | MD | Aaron Ramsey | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Arsene Wenger | | | Martin O'Neill |