| Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Paul Robinson | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| S2 | DR | Andre Ooijer | | DR | Gretar Steinsson |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Gary Cahill |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Sebastien Puygrenier |
| S3 | MD | Vince Grella | | MD | Chris Basham |
| MD | Keith Andrews | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| S1 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| FD | Benni McCarthy | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| FD | Jason Roberts | S1 | FD | Ariza Makukula |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S1 | MD | Mark Davies |
| S2 | FD | Roque Santa Cruz | | | |
| S3 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Gary Megson |