| Blackburn Rovers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| S3 | DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Mark Delaney |
| DR | Markus Babbel | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| DR | Craig Short | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Andy Todd | S2 | MD | Gareth Barry |
| S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S3 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Peter Whittingham |
| FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Dion Dublin |
| S1 | FD | Paul Gallagher | | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| FD | Dwight Yorke | S1 | FD | Stefan Moore |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Vratislav Gresko | S1 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S2 | MD | Garry Flitcroft | S2 | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| S3 | FD | Matt Jansen | S3 | DR | Ulises De la Cruz |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Graeme Souness | | | David O'Leary |