| Aston Villa | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Lukasz Fabianski |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Bacary Sagna |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Gael Clichy |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Laurent Koscielny |
| DR | Ciaran Clark | | DR | Sebastien Squillaci |
| DR | James Collins | S3 | MD | Tomas Rosicky |
| S1 | MD | Robert Pires | S1 | MD | Samir Nasri |
| S3 | MD | Barry Bannan | | MD | Alex Song |
| AM | Stewart Downing | | MD | Jack Wilshere |
| AM | Ashley Young | S2 | FD | Andrey Arshavin |
| S2 | FD | John Carew | | FD | Marouane Chamakh |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Nathan Delfouneso | S1 | DR | Kieran Gibbs |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S2 | MD | Denilson |
| S3 | MD | Chris Herd | S3 | DR | Johan Djourou |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gerard Houllier | | | Arsene Wenger |