| Aston Villa | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Alan Hutton | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Jose Enrique |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Martin Skrtel |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Daniel Agger |
| MD | Stilian Petrov | | MD | Charlie Adam |
| S2 | MD | Fabian Delph | | MD | Jordan Henderson |
| AM | Marc Albrighton | S2 | MD | Jonjo Shelvey |
| AM | Charles N'Zogbia | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Nathan Delfouneso | S3 | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | S1 | FD | Luis Suarez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Barry Bannan | S1 | FD | Andy Carroll |
| S2 | FD | Andreas Weimann | S2 | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| | | S3 | FD | Dirk Kuyt |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alex McLeish | | | Kenny Dalglish |