| Middlesbrough | Everton |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Paul Gerrard |
| DR | Curtis Fleming | | DR | Steve Watson |
| DR | Dean Gordon | | DR | Abel Xavier |
| S1 | DR | Steve Vickers | | DR | David Weir |
| DR | Gianluca Festa | | MD | Paul Gascoigne |
| MD | Phil Stamp | | MD | Thomas Gravesen |
| MD | Christian Karembeu | S2 | MD | Alex Nyarko |
| S2 | MD | Paul Ince | | MD | Niclas Alexandersson |
| S3 | FD | Joseph-Desire Job | | MD | Stephen Hughes |
| FD | Alen Boksic | | FD | Francis Jeffers |
| FD | Noel Whelan | S1 | FD | Mark Hughes |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Jason Gavin | S1 | FD | Kevin Campbell |
| S2 | FD | Brian Deane | S2 | DR | Alex Cleland |
| S3 | FD | Hamilton Ricard | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Bryan Robson | | | Walter Smith |