| Blackburn Rovers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Paul Robinson | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Lars Jacobsen | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S3 | DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | James Collins |
| MD | David Dunn | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Vince Grella | S1 | MD | Fabian Delph |
| MD | Steven N'Zonzi | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S1 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | FD | John Carew |
| FD | Franco Di Santo | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| S2 | MD | Keith Andrews | | | |
| S3 | DR | Michel Salgado | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Martin O'Neill |