| Charlton Athletic | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Dean Kiely | | GK | Alex Manninger |
| DR | Radostin Kishishev | | DR | Lee Dixon |
| DR | Paul Konchesky | S1 | DR | Silvinho |
| DR | Andy Todd | | DR | Nelson Vivas |
| DR | Richard Rufus | | DR | Igors Stepanovs |
| DR | Mark Fish | S3 | DR | Gilles Grimandi |
| MD | Claus Jensen | | MD | Patrick Vieira |
| S1 | MD | Scott Parker | | MD | Ray Parlour |
| S3 | AM | Graham Stuart | S2 | MD | Robert Pires |
| S2 | FD | Shaun Bartlett | | AM | Freddie Ljungberg |
| FD | Jonatan 'JJ' Johansson | | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | WR | John Robinson | S1 | DR | Ashley Cole |
| S2 | FD | Martin Pringle | S2 | FD | Tomas Danilevicius |
| S3 | DR | Chris Powell | S3 | MD | Stefan Malz |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Curbishley | | | Arsene Wenger |