| Southampton | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Graeme Le Saux | | DR | Michael Reiziger |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | S1 | DR | Tony McMahon |
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| DR | Andreas Jakobsson | | DR | Colin Cooper |
| MD | Mikael Nilsson | | MD | George Boateng |
| MD | Anders Svensson | S2 | MD | Ray Parlour |
| MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| S1 | AM | Fabrice Fernandes | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| FD | Peter Crouch | | FD | Mark Viduka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Paul Telfer | S1 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| | | S2 | FD | Joseph-Desire Job |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Steve McClaren |