| Southampton | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | | GK | Harald Wapenaar |
| DR | Jason Dodd | S1 | DR | Sebastien Schemmel |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | | DR | Dejan Stefanovic |
| DR | Michael Svensson | | DR | Hayden Foxe |
| S3 | MD | Chris Marsden | | MD | Tim Sherwood |
| MD | David Prutton | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| AM | Paul Telfer | S2 | MD | Richard Hughes |
| FD | James Beattie | | MD | Alexei Smertin |
| S1 | FD | Marians Pahars | | FD | Teddy Sheringham |
| S2 | FD | Brett Ormerod | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | WR | Neil McCann | S1 | DR | Boris Zivkovic |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips | S2 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| S3 | DR | Chris Baird | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gordon Strachan | | | Harry Redknapp |