| Crystal Palace | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Julian Speroni | | GK | David James |
| DR | Danny Granville | | DR | Ben Thatcher |
| DR | Emmerson Boyce | | DR | Danny Mills |
| DR | Mark Hudson | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Fitz Hall | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S1 | MD | Shaun Derry | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| S3 | MD | Aki Riihilahti | | MD | Joey Barton |
| AM | Wayne Routledge | | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| AM | Michael Hughes | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Andrew Johnson | S1 | FD | Jon Macken |
| S2 | FD | Sandor Torghelle | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | WR | Joonas Kolkka | S1 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S2 | FD | Nicola Ventola | | | |
| S3 | MD | Ben Watson | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Iain Dowie | | | Kevin Keegan |