| Bolton Wanderers | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | Wilfred Bouma |
| DR | Bruno N'Gotty | | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | | DR | Aaron Hughes |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Gary Speed | S3 | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| S2 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| AM | Ricardo Gardner | S2 | MD | James Milner |
| S1 | FD | Kevin Davies | | MD | Eirik Bakke |
| FD | El Hadji Diouf | S1 | FD | Milan Baros |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha | S1 | FD | Luke Moore |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te | S2 | MD | Steven Davis |
| | | S3 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | David O'Leary |