| Manchester City | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Brad Jones |
| DR | Ben Thatcher | S1 | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Ugo Ehiogu |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Chris Riggott |
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | George Boateng |
| S3 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| WR | Albert Riera | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | AM | James Morrison |
| FD | Georgios Samaras | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Kiki Musampa | S1 | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| S2 | WR | Lee Croft | S2 | DR | Andrew Davies |
| S3 | MD | Willo Flood | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Steve McClaren |