| Bolton Wanderers | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Nicky Hunt | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Bruno N'Gotty | S2 | DR | Vratislav Gresko |
| DR | Ivan Campo | | DR | Martin Taylor |
| DR | Florent Laville | | DR | Lorenzo Amoruso |
| S1 | MD | Kevin Nolan | S3 | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| MD | Youri Djorkaeff | | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S3 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha | | MD | David Thompson |
| AM | Ricardo Gardner | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen | S1 | FD | Matt Jansen |
| FD | Kevin Davies | | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Per Frandsen | S1 | FD | Andy Cole |
| S2 | DR | Anthony Barness | S2 | MD | Steven Reid |
| S3 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | S3 | FD | Corrado Grabbi |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Graeme Souness |