| Aston Villa | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Stephen Carr |
| DR | Richard Dunne | S1 | DR | Gregory Vignal |
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Roger Johnson |
| MD | James Milner | | MD | Lee Bowyer |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Barry Ferguson |
| AM | Ashley Young | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S1 | FD | John Carew | | AM | James McFadden |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| | | S2 | MD | Keith Fahey |
| | | S3 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Martin O'Neill | | | Alex McLeish |