| Manchester United | Southampton |
|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | | GK | Antti Niemi |
| DR | Phil Neville | | DR | Jason Dodd |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | S3 | DR | Graeme Le Saux |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Fitz Hall |
| MD | Roy Keane | | MD | Anders Svensson |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Rory Delap |
| MD | Quinton Fortune | S1 | AM | Fabrice Fernandes |
| S2 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | AM | Paul Telfer |
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | S2 | FD | Brett Ormerod |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher | S1 | FD | James Beattie |
| S2 | MD | Nicky Butt | S2 | FD | Marians Pahars |
| | | S3 | DR | Darren Kenton |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Gordon Strachan |