| Watford | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Ben Foster | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Jordan Stewart | | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Adrian Mariappa | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Malky Mackay | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| DR | Jay DeMerit | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| S3 | MD | Damien Francis | | MD | Tal Ben Haim |
| S1 | MD | Lee Williamson | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Gavin Mahon | | MD | Gary Speed |
| S2 | WR | Hameur Bouazza | S1 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| FD | Darius Henderson | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| FD | Will Hoskins | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Gareth Williams | S1 | MD | Andranik Teymourian |
| S2 | AM | Anthony McNamee | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| S3 | FD | Steve Kabba | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Aidy Boothroyd | | | Sam Allardyce |