| Everton | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Steve Watson | DR | Sun Jihai | ||
| DR | Gary Naysmith | DR | Niclas Jensen | ||
| DR | Alan Stubbs | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| DR | David Weir | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| S1 | DR | Joseph Yobo | DR | Richard Dunne | |
| MD | Mark Pembridge | MD | Ali Benarbia | ||
| MD | Li Tie | MD | Kevin Horlock | ||
| S3 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Campbell | AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips | |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S1 | FD | Nicolas Anelka | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Lee Carsley | S1 | FD | Darren Huckerby |
| S2 | FD | Tomasz Radzinski | |||
| S3 | MD | Scott Brown | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Kevin Keegan | ||||