| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Andy Todd | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | S3 | DR | Wes Brown |
| MD | Steven Reid | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| S2 | MD | Robbie Savage | S2 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S3 | WR | David Bentley | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| FD | Shefki Kuqi | | FD | Louis Saha |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| S2 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| S3 | FD | Jemal Johnson | S3 | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |