| Aston Villa | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | David James |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Anthony Vanden Borre |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | | DR | Younes Kaboul |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| MD | Steve Sidwell | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| MD | James Milner | | MD | Jamie O'Hara |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Michael Brown |
| AM | Ashley Young | | MD | Kevin-Prince Boateng |
| S1 | FD | John Carew | S2 | FD | Frederic Piquionne |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S1 | FD | Tommy Smith |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S2S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| S2 | MD | Fabian Delph | S2 | FD | Danny Webber |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Martin O'Neill | | | Paul Hart |