| Southampton | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| S1 | DR | Graeme Le Saux | S1 | DR | Anthony Barness |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Simon Charlton |
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| S2 | MD | Rory Delap | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| MD | David Prutton | | DR | Emerson |
| MD | Yoann Folly | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| AM | Paul Telfer | S3 | MD | Youri Djorkaeff |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| FD | James Beattie | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| S3 | FD | Marians Pahars | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Fitz Hall | S1 | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| S2 | MD | Anders Svensson | S2 | MD | Per Frandsen |
| S3 | AM | Fabrice Fernandes | S3 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Paul Sturrock | | | Sam Allardyce |