| Manchester City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Kelvin Davis |
| DR | Stephen Jordan | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Gary Breen |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S3 | MD | Claudio Reyna | S1 | MD | Rory Delap |
| MD | Kiki Musampa | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| S1 | WR | Albert Riera | | MD | Julio Arca |
| S2 | FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | FD | Stephen Elliott |
| FD | Georgios Samaras | S3 | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| S2 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips | S2 | FD | Jon Stead |
| S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S3 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Mick McCarthy |