| Middlesbrough | Sheffield United |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Paul Gerrard |
| DR | Abel Xavier | | DR | Rob Kozluk |
| DR | Andrew Taylor | | DR | Chris Armstrong |
| DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | | DR | Phil Jagielka |
| S1 | DR | Jonathan Woodgate | | DR | Claude Davis |
| MD | George Boateng | | DR | Chris Morgan |
| S2 | MD | Julio Arca | | MD | Michael Tonge |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | S3 | AM | Keith Gillespie |
| AM | Stewart Downing | S2 | AM | Stephen Quinn |
| FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | | FD | Rob Hulse |
| FD | Mark Viduka | S1 | FD | Danny Webber |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby | S1 | FD | Christian Nade |
| S2 | AM | James Morrison | S2 | MD | Alan Quinn |
| | | S3 | FD | Colin Kazim-Richards |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gareth Southgate | | | Neil Warnock |