| Blackburn Rovers | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Stuart Taylor |
| DR | Vratislav Gresko | | DR | Lauren |
| DR | Craig Short | S1 | DR | Martin Keown |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | Pascal Cygan |
| DR | Henning Berg | | MD | Giovanni van Bronckhorst |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S2 | MD | Robert Pires |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Ray Parlour |
| S1 | WR | Damien Duff | S3 | MD | Edu |
| WR | Keith Gillespie | | AM | Freddie Ljungberg |
| S2 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Dennis Bergkamp |
| FD | Hakan Sukur | | FD | Thierry Henry |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | S1 | MD | Gilberto Silva |
| S2 | FD | Paul Gallagher | S2 | FD | Francis Jeffers |
| | | S3 | FD | Sylvain Wiltord |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Arsene Wenger |