| Bolton Wanderers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | David James |
| S3 | DR | Jon Otsemobor | | DR | Michael Tarnat |
| DR | Anthony Barness | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Simon Charlton | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Ivan Campo | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| DR | Steve Howey | S3 | MD | Steve McManaman |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S2 | MD | Youri Djorkaeff | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S1 | MD | Per Frandsen | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Henrik Pedersen | S2 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| FD | Kevin Davies | S1 | FD | Jon Macken |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha | S1 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S2 | FD | Javi Moreno | S2 | FD | Stephen Elliott |
| S3 | DR | Nicky Hunt | S3 | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Kevin Keegan |