| Wigan Athletic | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | John Filan | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| S1 | DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Leighton Baines | | DR | Radhi Jaidi |
| DR | Stephane Henchoz | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Graham Kavanagh | | MD | Gary Speed |
| MD | Damien Francis | S1 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| MD | Jimmy Bullard | S3 | MD | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| S2 | FD | Henri Camara | S2 | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| FD | Lee McCulloch | | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| FD | Jason Roberts | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Ryan Taylor | S1 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| S2 | FD | David Connolly | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| | | S3 | FD | Jared Borgetti |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Jewell | | | Sam Allardyce |