| Aston Villa | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| S1 | GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Mark Delaney | | DR | Simon Charlton |
| DR | Jlloyd Samuel | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Alpay Ozalan | | DR | Emerson |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S1 | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Lee Hendrie | | MD | Per Frandsen |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| S2 | MD | Peter Whittingham | S2 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| FD | Darius Vassell | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | GK | Stefan Postma | S1 | FD | Mario Jardel |
| S2 | FD | Marcus Allback | S2 | WR | Glen Little |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David O'Leary | | | Sam Allardyce |