| Liverpool | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Chris Kirkland | | GK | Ian Bennett |
| S2 | DR | Djimi Traore | | DR | Kenny Cunningham |
| DR | Sami Hyypia | | DR | Jamie Clapham |
| MD | Salif Diao | S1 | DR | Matthew Upson |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| MD | Steven Gerrard | | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Igor Biscan | | MD | Damien Johnson |
| AM | Harry Kewell | S3 | MD | Stephen Clemence |
| FD | Emile Heskey | | AM | Stan Lazaridis |
| S1 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | FD | Mikael Forssell |
| S3 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | S2 | FD | Christophe Dugarry |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Vladimir Smicer | S1 | DR | Olivier Tebily |
| S2 | DR | John Arne Riise | S2 | FD | Jovan Kirovski |
| S3 | MD | Danny Murphy | S3 | FD | Clinton Morrison |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gerard Houllier | | | Steve Bruce |