| Manchester City | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | S1 | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | James Collins |
| MD | Patrick Vieira | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Nigel de Jong | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| S1 | AM | Adam Johnson | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez | S2 | FD | John Carew |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S1 | FD | Nathan Delfouneso |
| S2 | DR | Micah Richards | S2 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Roberto Mancini | | | Martin O'Neill |