| Manchester City | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Kevin Ellegaard | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | David Sommeil | | DR | Danny Mills |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Colin Cooper |
| MD | Claudio Reyna | S2 | MD | George Boateng |
| S2 | MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Gaizka Mendieta |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | MD | Doriva |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| FD | Paulo Wanchope | | FD | Juninho |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | S3 | FD | Michael Ricketts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler | S1 | AM | Jonathan Greening |
| S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S2 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| | | S3 | DR | Chris Riggott |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Steve McClaren |