| Everton | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Nigel Martyn | | GK | David James |
| S1 | DR | Steve Watson | S1 | DR | Danny Mills |
| DR | Alessandro Pistone | | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| DR | Tony Hibbert | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | David Weir | | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| S2 | MD | Thomas Gravesen | | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| MD | Tim Cahill | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| MD | Lee Carsley | | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | S2 | FD | Jon Macken |
| S3 | FD | Marcus Bent | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Duncan Ferguson | S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| S2 | DR | Joseph Yobo | S2 | MD | Christian Negouai |
| S3 | AM | James McFadden | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Kevin Keegan |