| Manchester United | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Michael Gray |
| S2 | DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| S3 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Robbie Savage |
| S1 | MD | Darren Fletcher | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Alan Smith | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | S3 | WR | David Bentley |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S2 | FD | Paul Dickov |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Wayne Rooney | S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| S2 | DR | Phil Bardsley | S2 | MD | Steven Reid |
| S3 | WR | Ryan Giggs | S3 | AM | Brett Emerton |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Mark Hughes |