| Birmingham City | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | David James |
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | Mario Melchiot | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Danny Mills |
| MD | Muzzy Izzet | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Jesper Gronkjaer | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Damien Johnson | S2 | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| S1 | AM | Stan Lazaridis | S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| AM | Julian Gray | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | FD | Mikael Forssell | S3 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | FD | Emile Heskey | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Stephen Clemence | S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S2 | FD | Stern John | S2 | MD | Joey Barton |
| S3 | DR | Olivier Tebily | S3 | FD | Jon Macken |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Kevin Keegan |