| Southampton | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | S1 | DR | Bernard Mendy |
| S2 | DR | Paul Williams | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Michael Svensson | | DR | Gudni Bergsson |
| S1 | MD | Chris Marsden | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| MD | Matt Oakley | | DR | Florent Laville |
| S3 | MD | Anders Svensson | | MD | Per Frandsen |
| AM | Fabrice Fernandes | S3 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| AM | Paul Telfer | | MD | Youri Djorkaeff |
| FD | James Beattie | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| FD | Brett Ormerod | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | David Prutton | S1 | FD | Pierre-Yves Andre |
| S2 | DR | Danny Higginbotham | S2 | FD | Salva Ballesta |
| S3 | MD | Jo Tessem | S3 | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gordon Strachan | | | Sam Allardyce |