| Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Ian Bennett |
| DR | Lucas Neill | S3 | DR | Jeff Kenna |
| DR | Jay McEveley | | DR | Jamie Clapham |
| DR | Andy Todd | S1 | DR | Steve Vickers |
| DR | Martin Taylor | S2 | DR | Michael Johnson |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | MD | Aliou Cisse |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| MD | David Thompson | | MD | Damien Johnson |
| WR | Damien Duff | | AM | Stan Lazaridis |
| S2 | FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Clinton Morrison |
| S1 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Christophe Dugarry |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | S1 | AM | Paul Devlin |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | FD | Jovan Kirovski |
| | | S3 | FD | Stern John |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Graeme Souness | | | Steve Bruce |