| Stoke City | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Brad Guzan | ||
| DR | Marc Wilson | DR | Stephen Warnock | ||
| DR | Ryan Shotton | DR | Carlos Cuellar | ||
| S2 | DR | Jonathan Woodgate | DR | James Collins | |
| DR | Robert Huth | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | DR | Ciaran Clark | ||
| S1 | MD | Wilson Palacios | MD | Stilian Petrov | |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | AM | Marc Albrighton | ||
| AM | Matthew Etherington | AM | Charles N'Zogbia | ||
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| FD | Jon Walters | S1 | FD | Emile Heskey | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Rory Delap | S1 | FD | Nathan Delfouneso |
| S2 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Pulis | Alex McLeish | ||||