| Blackburn Rovers | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DR | Stephen Warnock | DR | Luke Young | ||
| DR | Andre Ooijer | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | ||
| DR | Chris Samba | DR | Robert Huth | ||
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | DR | David Wheater | ||
| MD | Steven Reid | S1 | MD | Julio Arca | |
| S2 | MD | David Dunn | MD | Gary O'Neil | |
| WR | David Bentley | MD | George Boateng | ||
| S1 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | AM | Stewart Downing | |
| FD | Roque Santa Cruz | FD | Tuncay Sanli | ||
| FD | Jason Roberts | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S2 | FD | Matt Derbyshire | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Mark Hughes | Gareth Southgate | ||||