| Arsenal | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Wojciech Szczesny | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Bacary Sagna | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Kieran Gibbs | | DR | Kyle Walker |
| DR | Thomas Vermaelen | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S1 | DR | Sebastien Squillaci | | DR | James Collins |
| MD | Aaron Ramsey | S2 | MD | Fabian Delph |
| MD | Alex Song | S1 | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Jack Wilshere | | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker |
| WR | Theo Walcott | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Robin van Persie | | AM | Ashley Young |
| S2 | FD | Andrey Arshavin | | FD | Darren Bent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Marouane Chamakh | S1 | MD | Michael Bradley |
| S2 | FD | Nicklas Bendtner | S2 | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Arsene Wenger | | | Gerard Houllier |