| Newcastle United | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Jamie Ashdown | ||
| DR | Olivier Bernard | DR | Andy Griffin | ||
| DR | Titus Bramble | DR | Linvoy Primus | ||
| DR | Steven Taylor | DR | Dejan Stefanovic | ||
| DR | Aaron Hughes | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | ||
| MD | Jermaine Jenas | MD | Amdy Faye | ||
| MD | Kieron Dyer | MD | Gary O'Neil | ||
| S1 | MD | James Milner | AM | Steve Stone | |
| S2 | MD | Lee Bowyer | AM | Patrik Berger | |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | S1 | FD | Ricardo Fuller | |
| FD | Shola Ameobi | S2 | FD | Lomana LuaLua | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Laurent Robert | S1 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| S2 | MD | Darren Ambrose | S2 | MD | Aliou Cisse |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Velimir Zajec | ||||