| Manchester City | Derby County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | GK | Mart Poom | ||
| DR | Laurent Charvet | DR | Chris Riggott | ||
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Horacio Carbonari | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Taribo West | ||
| DR | Steve Howey | MD | Rory Delap | ||
| MD | Danny Tiatto | MD | Seth Johnson | ||
| S1 | MD | Kevin Horlock | MD | Craig Burley | |
| MD | Ian Bishop | S2 | MD | Georgi Kinkladze | |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S1 | MD | Darryl Powell | |
| FD | Shaun Goater | FD | Deon Burton | ||
| FD | Paulo Wanchope | FD | Malcolm Christie | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Gerard Wiekens | S1 | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| S2 | DR | Lilian Martin | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Joe Royle | Jim Smith | ||||