| Everton | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Steve Watson | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | David Unsworth | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| S3 | DR | Gary Naysmith | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | Tony Hibbert | S1 | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | MD | David Beckham |
| DR | Joseph Yobo | | MD | Roy Keane |
| S2 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Lee Carsley | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S1 | FD | Kevin Campbell | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S3 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Duncan Ferguson | S1 | DR | Phil Neville |
| S2 | FD | Nick Chadwick | S2 | DR | Laurent Blanc |
| S3 | DR | Alessandro Pistone | S3 | MD | Quinton Fortune |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |