| Derby County | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Russell Hoult | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Igor Stimac | S1 | DR | Gary Neville | |
| S1 | DR | Jacob Laursen | DR | Phil Neville | |
| DR | Stefan Schnoor | DR | Jaap Stam | ||
| DR | Spencer Prior | DR | Wes Brown | ||
| MD | Rory Delap | MD | David Beckham | ||
| MD | Darryl Powell | S2 | MD | Nicky Butt | |
| MD | Lee Carsley | MD | Roy Keane | ||
| WR | Dean Sturridge | S3 | WR | Ryan Giggs | |
| FD | Deon Burton | FD | Andy Cole | ||
| FD | Paulo Wanchope | FD | Dwight Yorke | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Tony Dorigo | S1 | FD | Jordi Cruyff |
| MD | S2 | MD | Jesper Blomqvist | ||
| MD | S3 | MD | Paul Scholes | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jim Smith | Alex Ferguson | ||||