| Aston Villa | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | | GK | Pepe Reina |
| DR | Joe Bennett | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Matthew Lowton | | DR | Jose Enrique |
| DR | Ron Vlaar | | DR | Daniel Agger |
| DR | Nathan Baker | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Ashley Westwood | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| S3 | MD | Yacouba Sylla | S1 | MD | Philippe Coutinho |
| S1 | MD | Barry Bannan | | MD | Jordan Henderson |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | MD | Lucas Leiva |
| FD | Christian Benteke | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S2 | FD | Andreas Weimann | | FD | Luis Suarez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Charles N'Zogbia | S1 | WR | Raheem Sterling |
| S2 | MD | Fabian Delph | | | |
| S3 | MD | Karim El Ahmadi | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Lambert | | | Brendan Rodgers |