| Manchester City | Charlton Athletic |
|---|
| GK | Peter Schmeichel | | GK | Dean Kiely |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Radostin Kishishev |
| DR | Niclas Jensen | | DR | Chris Powell |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Lucien Mettomo | | DR | Richard Rufus |
| MD | Danny Tiatto | | DR | Mark Fish |
| S3 | MD | Eyal Berkovic | | DR | Gary Rowett |
| S1 | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | S2 | MD | Scott Parker |
| AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | FD | Jason Euell |
| S2 | FD | Shaun Goater | S1 | FD | Shaun Bartlett |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Jonatan 'JJ' Johansson |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Kevin Horlock | S1 | FD | Kevin Lisbie |
| S2 | FD | Darren Huckerby | S2 | DR | Paul Konchesky |
| S3 | MD | Ali Benarbia | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Alan Curbishley |