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