| Newcastle United | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Steve Harper | | GK | David James |
| S1 | DR | Jose Enrique | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Habib Beye | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Fabricio Coloccini | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Sebastien Bassong | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| S3 | MD | Nicky Butt | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| MD | Alan Smith | | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| WR | Damien Duff | | MD | Richard Hughes |
| FD | Obafemi Martins | | MD | Sean Davis |
| FD | Michael Owen | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| S2 | FD | Mark Viduka | S1 | FD | David Nugent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Danny Guthrie | S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| S2 | FD | Andy Carroll | | | |
| S3 | AM | Jonas Gutierrez | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alan Shearer | | | Paul Hart |