| Birmingham City | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | David Seaman |
| DR | Jeff Kenna | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S1 | MD | David Dunn | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Damien Johnson | S1 | MD | Steve McManaman |
| S3 | MD | Stephen Clemence | | MD | Joey Barton |
| AM | Stan Lazaridis | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Mikael Forssell | S2 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | FD | Clinton Morrison | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Stern John | S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S2 | FD | Jovan Kirovski | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S3 | MD | Aliou Cisse | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Kevin Keegan |