| Aston Villa | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Edwin Van der Sar |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Barry Bannan | S3 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| S3 | MD | Jonathan Hogg | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| AM | Ashley Young | | AM | Nani |
| S2 | AM | Marc Albrighton | S1 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov |
| S1 | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | S2 | FD | Javier Hernandez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Nathan Delfouneso | S1 | WR | Gabriel Obertan |
| S2 | DR | Eric Lichaj | S2 | FD | Federico Macheda |
| S3 | MD | Chris Herd | S3 | DR | Chris Smalling |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gerard Houllier | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |