| Blackburn Rovers | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Markus Babbel | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | Andrew Davies |
| S1 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | | DR | Colin Cooper |
| DR | Andy Todd | | MD | George Boateng |
| S3 | MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Gaizka Mendieta |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Paul Gallagher | S1 | FD | Juninho |
| S2 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Michael Ricketts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Alan Mahon | S1 | AM | Jonathan Greening |
| S2 | FD | Andy Cole | | | |
| S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Steve McClaren |