| Manchester City | Everton |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Nigel Martyn |
| S2 | DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Steve Watson |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Alessandro Pistone |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Tony Hibbert |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Alan Stubbs |
| MD | Claudio Reyna | | DR | David Weir |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Tim Cahill |
| S3 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | MD | Leon Osman |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | MD | Lee Carsley |
| S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler | S2 | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | S3 | FD | Marcus Bent |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Jon Macken | S1 | MD | Thomas Gravesen |
| S2 | DR | Sun Jihai | S2 | DR | Gary Naysmith |
| S3 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S3 | FD | Duncan Ferguson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | David Moyes |