| Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | David Seaman | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Simon Charlton |
| DR | Michael Tarnat | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | David Sommeil | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | S2 | DR | Emerson |
| MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| S1 | MD | Steve McManaman | S1 | MD | Per Frandsen |
| S3 | MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| S2 | FD | Robbie Fowler | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S1 | FD | Mario Jardel |
| S2 | MD | Danny Tiatto | S2 | WR | Glen Little |
| S3 | DR | Richard Dunne | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Sam Allardyce |