| Portsmouth | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jamie Ashdown | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Lauren | DR | Stephen Warnock | ||
| DR | Glen Johnson | S1 | DR | Chris Samba | |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Ryan Nelsen | ||
| DR | Sol Campbell | MD | Steven Reid | ||
| MD | Lassana Diarra | MD | Johann Vogel | ||
| MD | Papa Bouba Diop | AM | Brett Emerton | ||
| S2 | MD | Sulley Ali Muntari | WR | David Bentley | |
| FD | Jermain Defoe | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | ||
| S1 | FD | John Utaka | FD | Roque Santa Cruz | |
| FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | FD | Jason Roberts | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Niko Kranjcar | S1 | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| S2 | FD | Milan Baros | S2 | MD | David Dunn |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Harry Redknapp | Mark Hughes | ||||