| Wigan Athletic | Liverpool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mike Pollitt | GK | Jerzy Dudek | ||
| DR | Matt Jackson | DR | Steve Finnan | ||
| DR | Stephane Henchoz | DR | John Arne Riise | ||
| DR | Arjan de Zeeuw | DR | Sami Hyypia | ||
| MD | Paul Scharner | DR | Jamie Carragher | ||
| S1 | MD | Andreas Johansson | MD | Steven Gerrard | |
| MD | Graham Kavanagh | MD | Xabi Alonso | ||
| MD | Jimmy Bullard | MD | Didi Hamann | ||
| MD | Reto Ziegler | AM | Harry Kewell | ||
| MD | David Thompson | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler | |
| WR | Gary Teale | S2 | FD | Fernando Morientes | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Leighton Baines | S1 | DR | Jan Kromkamp |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Paul Jewell | Rafael Benitez | ||||