| Blackburn Rovers | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Carlo Cudicini |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Celestine Babayaro |
| DR | Craig Short | | DR | Mario Melchiot |
| S2 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | | DR | Marcel Desailly |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | William Gallas |
| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | S1 | MD | Mario Stanic |
| MD | David Dunn | S3 | MD | Jody Morris |
| MD | David Thompson | S2 | MD | Jesper Gronkjaer |
| FD | Andy Cole | | AM | Gianfranco Zola |
| FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Keith Gillespie | S1 | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| S2 | FD | Corrado Grabbi | S2 | FD | Eidur Gudjohnsen |
| | | S3 | MD | Enrique De Lucas |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Claudio Ranieri |