| Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Radhi Jaidi |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | S1 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| S2 | MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Gary Speed |
| MD | Kiki Musampa | S3 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| MD | Antoine Sibierski | | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | DR | Ivan Campo |
| S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S2 | MD | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| | | S3 | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Sam Allardyce |