| Manchester City | Southampton |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Antti Niemi |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Graeme Le Saux |
| DR | Michael Tarnat | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Claus Lundekvam |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | MD | Rory Delap |
| S1 | MD | Steve McManaman | | MD | David Prutton |
| S3 | MD | Paul Bosvelt | | MD | Yoann Folly |
| MD | Antoine Sibierski | | AM | Paul Telfer |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| S2 | FD | Robbie Fowler | S2 | FD | James Beattie |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | S1 | FD | Marians Pahars |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | MD | Anders Svensson |
| S2 | FD | Paulo Wanchope | S2 | DR | Fitz Hall |
| S3 | MD | Claudio Reyna | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Kevin Keegan | | | Paul Sturrock |