| Stoke City | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| S2 | DR | Marc Wilson | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Robert Huth | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | | DR | James Collins |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| S3 | MD | Rory Delap | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| AM | Matthew Etherington | | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | AM | Marc Albrighton |
| S1 | FD | Jon Walters | S1 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| S2 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | | | |
| S3 | MD | Glenn Whelan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Tony Pulis | | | Kevin MacDonald |