| Everton | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Leighton Baines | DR | Stephen Warnock | ||
| DR | Lucas Neill | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| DR | Joseph Yobo | DR | Carlos Cuellar | ||
| DR | Johnny Heitinga | DR | James Collins | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | MD | Steve Sidwell | ||
| MD | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | S1 | MD | James Milner | |
| MD | Tim Cahill | S2 | MD | Stilian Petrov | |
| S1 | MD | Marouane Fellaini | AM | Ashley Young | |
| MD | Jack Rodwell | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| S2 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | FD | Emile Heskey | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | S1 | FD | John Carew |
| S2 | FD | Jo | S2 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Martin O'Neill | ||||