| Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Dominic Matteo | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Andy Todd | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| MD | Aaron Mokoena | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| MD | David Thompson | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Gary Speed |
| AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S2 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| S1 | FD | Paul Gallagher | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | FD | Jay Bothroyd | S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Jon Stead | S1 | FD | Kevin Davies |
| S2 | FD | Jemal Johnson | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| | | S3 | MD | Khalilou Fadiga |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Sam Allardyce |