| Manchester City | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | David Seaman | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Mark Delaney |
| DR | Michael Tarnat | | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| DR | David Sommeil | S1 | DR | Olof Mellberg |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | S2 | DR | Ronny Johnsen |
| MD | Steve McManaman | | MD | Lee Hendrie |
| S1 | MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | | MD | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | MD | Peter Whittingham |
| S2 | FD | Paulo Wanchope | | FD | Marcus Allback |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | S3 | FD | Juan Pablo Angel |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S1 | DR | Alpay Ozalan |
| S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna | S2 | MD | Mustapha Hadji |
| | | S3 | FD | Dion Dublin |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | David O'Leary |