| Manchester City | Portsmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Sander Westerveld | ||
| DR | Ben Thatcher | DR | Brian Priske | ||
| S1 | DR | Danny Mills | DR | Gregory Vignal | |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | S3 | DR | Andy Griffin | |
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Dejan Stefanovic | ||
| MD | Claudio Reyna | DR | Andy O'Brien | ||
| MD | Joey Barton | S1 | MD | Jhon Viafara | |
| MD | Kiki Musampa | MD | Richard Hughes | ||
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | S2 | MD | Gary O'Neil | |
| FD | Andy Cole | WR | Laurent Robert | ||
| FD | Darius Vassell | FD | Lomana LuaLua | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | MD | Matt Taylor |
| S2 | FD | Azar Karadas | |||
| S3 | MD | Giannis Skopelitis | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Stuart Pearce | Alain Perrin | ||||