| Aston Villa | Manchester United |
|---|
| S1 | GK | Shay Given | | GK | Anders Lindegaard |
| DR | Alan Hutton | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Chris Smalling |
| DR | James Collins | S2 | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Barry Bannan | | DR | Phil Jones |
| S2 | MD | Chris Herd | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S3 | MD | Jermaine Jenas | | AM | Nani |
| AM | Marc Albrighton | S3 | AM | Ashley Young |
| FD | Darren Bent | S1 | FD | Javier Hernandez |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | GK | Brad Guzan | S1 | AM | Luis Antonio Valencia |
| S2 | MD | Stilian Petrov | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S3 | FD | Emile Heskey | S3 | FD | Danny Welbeck |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |