| Bolton Wanderers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | David James |
| DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Bruno N'Gotty | | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| DR | Ivan Campo | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S1 | MD | Khalilou Fadiga | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| AM | Ricardo Gardner | S1 | WR | Albert Riera |
| FD | Kevin Davies | S2 | FD | Andy Cole |
| S2 | FD | Jared Borgetti | S3 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S3S1 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te | S1 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| S3 | DR | Nicky Hunt | S3 | WR | Lee Croft |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Stuart Pearce |