| Aston Villa | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Fabien Barthez |
| DR | Alan Wright | S2 | DR | Denis Irwin |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | | DR | Gary Neville |
| S1 | DR | Alpay Ozalan | S1 | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| S3 | MD | Gareth Barry | | DR | Wes Brown |
| MD | George Boateng | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | Lee Hendrie | | MD | David Beckham |
| AM | Steve Stone | | MD | Nicky Butt |
| WR | David Ginola | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| FD | Paul Merson | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S2 | FD | Gilles De Bilde | | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Mark Delaney | S1 | DR | Phil Neville |
| S2 | FD | Dion Dublin | S2 | MD | Ronnie Wallwork |
| S3 | FD | Darius Vassell | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | John Gregory | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |