| Middlesbrough | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Pavel Srnicek |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Boris Zivkovic |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Hayden Foxe |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw |
| DR | Colin Cooper | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| MD | George Boateng | S1 | MD | Amdy Faye |
| MD | Gaizka Mendieta | | MD | Alexei Smertin |
| MD | Bolo Zenden | | AM | Steve Stone |
| AM | Jonathan Greening | S3 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S2 | FD | Juninho | S2 | FD | Teddy Sheringham |
| S1 | FD | Michael Ricketts | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Massimo Maccarone | S1 | MD | Nigel Quashie |
| S2 | FD | Szilard Nemeth | S2 | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| | | S3 | MD | Tim Sherwood |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve McClaren | | | Harry Redknapp |