| Bolton Wanderers | Wigan Athletic |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Mike Pollitt |
| DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | Pascal Chimbonda |
| DR | Bruno N'Gotty | S1 | DR | Leighton Baines |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Stephane Henchoz |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw |
| MD | Hidetoshi Nakata | | MD | Paul Scharner |
| S1 | MD | Khalilou Fadiga | | MD | Graham Kavanagh |
| AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | | MD | Jimmy Bullard |
| AM | Ricardo Gardner | | MD | Reto Ziegler |
| S3 | FD | Kevin Davies | | WR | Gary Teale |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | FD | Neil Mellor |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Nicky Hunt | S1 | MD | Andreas Johansson |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te | S2 | MD | David Thompson |
| S3 | FD | Jared Borgetti | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Paul Jewell |