| Stoke City | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | David James |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Andy Wilkinson | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Danny Pugh | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Ryan Shawcross | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | S2 | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| MD | Salif Diao | | MD | Sean Davis |
| MD | Amdy Faye | S1 | MD | Angelos Basinas |
| S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence | | AM | Jermaine Pennant |
| S2 | FD | Mamady Sidibe | | FD | Peter Crouch |
| FD | James Beattie | S3 | FD | David Nugent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Michael Tonge | S1 | MD | Hayden Mullins |
| S2 | FD | Richard Cresswell | S2 | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| | | S3 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Tony Pulis | | | Paul Hart |