| Aston Villa | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Peter Enckelman | | GK | Peter Schmeichel |
| DR | Mark Delaney | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S1 | DR | Alan Wright | | DR | Niclas Jensen |
| DR | Olof Mellberg | | DR | Steve Howey |
| DR | Steve Staunton | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Ali Benarbia |
| MD | Lee Hendrie | S1 | MD | Eyal Berkovic |
| MD | Mark Kinsella | | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe |
| S2 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel | | AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | FD | Darren Huckerby |
| FD | Peter Crouch | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | S1 | MD | Danny Tiatto |
| S2 | FD | Marcus Allback | S2 | FD | Shaun Goater |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graham Taylor | | | Kevin Keegan |