| Charlton Athletic | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Simon Royce | | GK | David Seaman |
| S1 | DR | Radostin Kishishev | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Michael Tarnat |
| DR | Paul Konchesky | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Mark Fish | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Gary Rowett | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Scott Parker | | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| MD | Matt Holland | S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| FD | Jason Euell | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | FD | Kevin Lisbie | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | FD | Shaun Bartlett | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Luke Young | S1 | FD | Paulo Wanchope |
| S2 | MD | Claus Jensen | S2 | MD | Danny Tiatto |
| S3 | FD | Jonatan 'JJ' Johansson | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Curbishley | | | Kevin Keegan |