| Portsmouth | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Shaka Hislop | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| S1 | DR | Petri Pasanen | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Dejan Stefanovic | | DR | Danny Mills |
| DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | | DR | Ugo Ehiogu |
| S3 | MD | Nigel Quashie | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Matt Taylor | | MD | Gaizka Mendieta |
| MD | Alexei Smertin | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| MD | Eyal Berkovic | | AM | Jonathan Greening |
| AM | Steve Stone | S1 | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | S2 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| S2 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | | FD | Joseph-Desire Job |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John Curtis | S1 | AM | James Morrison |
| S2 | FD | Teddy Sheringham | S2 | FD | Michael Ricketts |
| S3 | MD | Richard Hughes | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Steve McClaren |