| Aston Villa | Cardiff City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | GK | David Marshall | ||
| DR | Nathan Baker | DR | Andrew Taylor | ||
| DR | Ron Vlaar | DR | Kevin Theophile-Catherine | ||
| DR | Ciaran Clark | DR | Steven Caulker | ||
| S1 | MD | Karim El Ahmadi | DR | Ben Turner | |
| MD | Ashley Westwood | MD | Peter Whittingham | ||
| MD | Yacouba Sylla | MD | Gary Medel | ||
| AM | Leandro Bacuna | S2 | MD | Aron Gunnarsson | |
| WR | Aleksandar Tonev | MD | Don Cowie | ||
| FD | Christian Benteke | S1 | FD | Peter Odemwingie | |
| S2 | FD | Libor Kozak | S3 | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Matthew Lowton | S1 | FD | Fraizer Campbell |
| S2 | FD | Jordan Bowery | S2 | MD | Jordon Mutch |
| S3 | FD | Nicky Maynard | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Paul Lambert | Malky Mackay | ||||