| Aston Villa | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Andy Wilkinson |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Danny Collins |
| DR | Carlos Cuellar | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| MD | James Milner | S2 | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | S1 | MD | Salif Diao |
| S2 | AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| AM | Ashley Young | | WR | Matthew Etherington |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S3 | FD | Mamady Sidibe |
| S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | John Carew | S1 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| S2 | MD | Steve Sidwell | S2 | MD | Rory Delap |
| | | S3 | FD | James Beattie |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Tony Pulis |