| Middlesbrough | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Abel Xavier | S1 | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Andrew Taylor | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Jonathan Woodgate | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| MD | George Boateng | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| MD | Julio Arca | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole | S2 | MD | Gary Speed |
| S3 | AM | Stewart Downing | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| S1 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | S3 | FD | Kevin Davies |
| FD | Mark Viduka | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Malcolm Christie | S1 | WR | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | AM | James Morrison | S2 | MD | Andranik Teymourian |
| S3 | FD | Jason Euell | S3 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Gareth Southgate | | | Sam Allardyce |