| Blackburn Rovers | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Shaka Hislop |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | David Unsworth |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Andy Griffin |
| S1 | DR | Craig Short | | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| DR | Dominic Matteo | | DR | Dejan Stefanovic |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | S1 | MD | Eyal Berkovic |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Nigel Quashie |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Amdy Faye |
| S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S2 | AM | Patrik Berger |
| S3 | FD | Jon Stead | | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| FD | Paul Dickov | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Lorenzo Amoruso | S1 | AM | Steve Stone |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | FD | Diomansy Kamara |
| S3 | FD | Jay Bothroyd | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Mark Hughes | | | Harry Redknapp |