| Arsenal | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Seaman | GK | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DR | Ashley Cole | DR | Franck Queudrue | ||
| DR | Lauren | DR | Stuart Parnaby | ||
| DR | Martin Keown | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| MD | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | S1 | MD | George Boateng | |
| MD | Robert Pires | MD | Geremi | ||
| MD | Gilberto Silva | MD | Luke Wilkshire | ||
| AM | Freddie Ljungberg | AM | Jonathan Greening | ||
| FD | Sylvain Wiltord | S3 | FD | Szilard Nemeth | |
| FD | Thierry Henry | S2 | FD | Alen Boksic | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Joseph-Desire Job | |||
| S2 | FD | Dean Windass | |||
| S3 | DR | Tony Vidmar | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Steve McClaren | ||||