| Middlesbrough | Coventry City |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Chris Kirkland |
| DR | Curtis Fleming | | DR | Marc Edworthy |
| DR | Gianluca Festa | | DR | Paul Williams |
| DR | Ugo Ehiogu | | DR | Gary Breen |
| S1 | DR | Colin Cooper | | MD | Barry Quinn |
| S2 | MD | Christian Karembeu | | MD | Lee Carsley |
| MD | Paul Okon | | MD | David Thompson |
| MD | Paul Ince | | MD | Mustapha Hadji |
| AM | Keith O'Neill | | AM | Paul Telfer |
| FD | Hamilton Ricard | S2 | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| S3 | FD | Noel Whelan | S1 | FD | Ysrael Zuniga |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Steve Vickers | S1 | FD | John Aloisi |
| S2 | FD | Alen Boksic | S2 | MD | Youssef Chippo |
| S3 | FD | Brian Deane | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Terry Venables | | | Gordon Strachan |