| Blackburn Rovers | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Lucas Neill | S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Tony McMahon |
| S2 | DR | Lorenzo Amoruso | | DR | Chris Riggott |
| DR | Dominic Matteo | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| MD | Steven Reid | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S2 | MD | Gaizka Mendieta |
| S3 | MD | Youri Djorkaeff | | MD | Ray Parlour |
| MD | Barry Ferguson | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| S1 | FD | Paul Dickov | | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Jon Stead | S1 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| S2 | DR | Craig Short | S2 | AM | James Morrison |
| S3 | FD | Matt Jansen | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Steve McClaren |