| Everton | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nigel Martyn | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| S2 | DR | Alessandro Pistone | DR | Lucas Neill | |
| DR | Tony Hibbert | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | ||
| DR | David Weir | DR | Andy Todd | ||
| DR | Joseph Yobo | DR | Ryan Nelsen | ||
| S1 | MD | Mikel Arteta | MD | Aaron Mokoena | |
| MD | Tim Cahill | MD | Steven Reid | ||
| MD | Leon Osman | MD | Garry Flitcroft | ||
| MD | Lee Carsley | MD | David Thompson | ||
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | ||
| FD | Marcus Bent | S1 | FD | Paul Dickov | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Duncan Ferguson | S1 | FD | Jon Stead |
| S2 | AM | James McFadden | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Mark Hughes | ||||