| Everton | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Phil Neville | DR | Bruno Berner | ||
| DR | Joleon Lescott | S3 | DR | Zurab Khizanishvili | |
| DR | Joseph Yobo | DR | Chris Samba | ||
| DR | Alan Stubbs | DR | Ryan Nelsen | ||
| MD | Lee Carsley | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | ||
| MD | Manuel Fernandes | S1 | MD | David Dunn | |
| MD | Tim Cahill | AM | Brett Emerton | ||
| MD | Mikel Arteta | WR | David Bentley | ||
| S1 | AM | Andy van der Meyde | FD | Benni McCarthy | |
| FD | Andrew Johnson | S2 | FD | Paul Gallagher | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | James Beattie | S1 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| S2 | FD | Francis Jeffers | |||
| S3 | DR | Andy Todd | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Mark Hughes | ||||