| Birmingham City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Mario Melchiot | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Matthew Upson | | DR | Wes Brown |
| S1 | MD | Jesper Gronkjaer | S1 | MD | Kleberson |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | David Dunn | | MD | Quinton Fortune |
| S2 | MD | Damien Johnson | | MD | Alan Smith |
| AM | Julian Gray | S2 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Emile Heskey | | FD | Louis Saha |
| S3 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Darren Anderton | S1 | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| S2 | DR | Olivier Tebily | S2 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S3 | DR | Jamie Clapham | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |