| Middlesbrough | Chelsea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | GK | Frode Grodas | ||
| DR | Neil Cox | S2 | DR | Dan Petrescu | |
| DR | Curtis Fleming | DR | Scott Minto | ||
| DR | Clayton Blackmore | DR | Steve Clarke | ||
| DR | Nigel Pearson | DR | Frank Sinclair | ||
| DR | Gianluca Festa | S1 | DR | Erland Johnsen | |
| S1 | MD | Phil Stamp | MD | Craig Burley | |
| MD | Emerson | S3 | MD | Roberto Di Matteo | |
| MD | Craig Hignett | MD | Dennis Wise | ||
| AM | Mikkel Beck | AM | Gianfranco Zola | ||
| FD | Juninho | FD | Gianluca Vialli | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | FD | Alan Moore | S1 | FD | Mark Hughes |
| S2 | DR | Steve Vickers | S2 | DR | Paul Parker |
| MD | S3 | MD | Paul Hughes | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bryan Robson | Ruud Gullit | ||||