| Southampton | Liverpool |
|---|
| GK | Antti Niemi | | GK | Jerzy Dudek |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | John Arne Riise |
| DR | Claus Lundekvam | S1 | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Calum Davenport | S2 | DR | Sami Hyypia |
| S1 | MD | Mikael Nilsson | | DR | Mauricio Pellegrino |
| S2 | MD | Anders Svensson | | DR | Jamie Carragher |
| MD | Rory Delap | | MD | Steven Gerrard |
| MD | David Prutton | S3 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| MD | Jamie Redknapp | | AM | Luis Garcia |
| AM | Paul Telfer | | FD | Milan Baros |
| FD | Peter Crouch | | FD | Fernando Morientes |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Andreas Jakobsson | S1 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| S2 | FD | Kenwyne Jones | S2 | DR | David Raven |
| | | S3 | MD | Igor Biscan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Rafael Benitez |