| Middlesbrough | Everton |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Richard Wright |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Steve Watson |
| DR | Stuart Parnaby | | DR | Alessandro Pistone |
| S1 | DR | Chris Riggott | | DR | David Unsworth |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | | DR | Gary Naysmith |
| S2 | DR | Colin Cooper | | DR | Alan Stubbs |
| MD | George Boateng | | DR | David Weir |
| MD | Geremi | S2 | MD | Thomas Gravesen |
| AM | Jonathan Greening | | MD | Scott Brown |
| S3 | FD | Malcolm Christie | | FD | Tomasz Radzinski |
| FD | Michael Ricketts | S1 | FD | Kevin Campbell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | S1 | FD | Brian McBride |
| S2 | FD | Juninho | S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S3 | FD | Massimo Maccarone | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve McClaren | | | David Moyes |