| Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Andre Ooijer | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| DR | Zurab Khizanishvili | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| S3 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S1 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S1 | MD | Robbie Savage | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| WR | David Bentley | | MD | Gary Speed |
| S2 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | S3 | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| FD | Shabani Nonda | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| FD | Benni McCarthy | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S1 | MD | Quinton Fortune |
| S2 | FD | Jason Roberts | S2 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te |
| S3 | MD | Sergio Peter | S3 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Sam Allardyce |