| Manchester United | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Wes Brown | S1 | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S3 | MD | Anderson | | DR | Carlos Cuellar |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | James Milner |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Darren Fletcher | S3 | AM | Stewart Downing |
| AM | Luis Antonio Valencia | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S2 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Michael Owen | S1 | DR | James Collins |
| S2 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S2 | FD | John Carew |
| S3 | MD | Darron Gibson | S3 | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Martin O'Neill |