| Watford | Derby County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alec Chamberlain | GK | Mart Poom | ||
| DR | Neil Cox | DR | Horacio Carbonari | ||
| DR | Darren Ward | DR | Jacob Laursen | ||
| DR | Steve Palmer | DR | Stefan Schnoor | ||
| MD | Rob Page | MD | Seth Johnson | ||
| MD | David Perpetuini | MD | Rory Delap | ||
| MD | Richard Johnson | S1 | MD | Georgi Kinkladze | |
| MD | Micah Hyde | MD | Darryl Powell | ||
| S2 | MD | Clint Easton | MD | Craig Burley | |
| FD | Tommy Smith | S2 | FD | Dean Sturridge | |
| S1 | FD | Allan Smart | FD | Branko Strupar | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Heidar Helguson | S1 | DR | Tony Dorigo |
| S2 | FD | Alex Bonnot | S2 | FD | Malcolm Christie |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Taylor | Jim Smith | ||||