| Aston Villa | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | GK | Joe Hart | ||
| DR | Antonio Luna | DR | Pablo Zabaleta | ||
| DR | Nathan Baker | DR | Aleksandar Kolarov | ||
| DR | Ron Vlaar | DR | Vincent Kompany | ||
| DR | Ciaran Clark | DR | Matija Nastasic | ||
| MD | Karim El Ahmadi | MD | James Milner | ||
| MD | Fabian Delph | S1 | MD | Samir Nasri | |
| MD | Yacouba Sylla | MD | Fernandinho | ||
| AM | Leandro Bacuna | MD | Yaya Toure | ||
| S1 | FD | Andreas Weimann | FD | Alvaro Negredo | |
| FD | Libor Kozak | S2 | FD | Edin Dzeko | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Jordan Bowery | S1 | WR | Jesus Navas |
| S2 | FD | Stevan Jovetic | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Paul Lambert | Manuel Pellegrini | ||||