| Everton | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Nigel Martyn | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Steve Watson | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Alessandro Pistone | | DR | Michael Gray |
| S2 | DR | Gary Naysmith | | DR | Lorenzo Amoruso |
| DR | David Weir | | DR | Craig Short |
| DR | Joseph Yobo | | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Tobias Linderoth | S1 | MD | Martin Andresen |
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | | MD | Jonathan Douglas |
| S3 | FD | Tomasz Radzinski | S2 | FD | Andy Cole |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Jon Stead |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Alex Nyarko | S1 | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S2 | DR | David Unsworth | S2 | FD | Paul Gallagher |
| S3 | AM | James McFadden | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Graeme Souness |