| Southampton | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Neil Moss | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Jason Dodd | DR | Olivier Bernard | ||
| DR | Wayne Bridge | DR | Aaron Hughes | ||
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | DR | Nikos Dabizas | ||
| DR | Tahar El Khalej | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | Rory Delap | S1 | MD | Kieron Dyer | |
| S3 | MD | Anders Svensson | MD | Gary Speed | |
| AM | Paul Telfer | AM | Nolberto Solano | ||
| S2 | FD | Brett Ormerod | WR | Laurent Robert | |
| FD | James Beattie | FD | Alan Shearer | ||
| S1 | FD | Marians Pahars | FD | Lomana LuaLua | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Garry Monk | S1 | MD | Jermaine Jenas |
| S2 | MD | Jo Tessem | |||
| S3 | WR | Fabrice Fernandes | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Strachan | Bobby Robson | ||||