| Everton | Southampton |
|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | | GK | Antti Niemi |
| DR | Steve Watson | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Alessandro Pistone | | DR | Claus Lundekvam |
| DR | David Unsworth | | DR | Michael Svensson |
| S3 | DR | Gary Naysmith | | MD | Matt Oakley |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | S3 | MD | Anders Svensson |
| DR | David Weir | | MD | David Prutton |
| S1 | MD | Li Tie | S2 | AM | Fabrice Fernandes |
| MD | Scott Brown | | AM | Paul Telfer |
| S2 | FD | Brian McBride | | FD | James Beattie |
| FD | Tomasz Radzinski | S1 | FD | Brett Ormerod |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | S1 | MD | Jo Tessem |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Campbell | S2 | DR | Jason Dodd |
| S3 | FD | Wayne Rooney | S3 | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Gordon Strachan |