| Everton | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Richard Wright | | GK | David James |
| DR | Phil Neville | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Nuno Valente | | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| DR | Tony Hibbert | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | David Weir | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Mikel Arteta | | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| MD | Tim Cahill | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S2 | MD | Leon Osman | S1 | WR | Albert Riera |
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | S2 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S1 | FD | James Beattie | S3 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | James McFadden | S1 | FD | Andy Cole |
| S2 | MD | Simon Davies | S2 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| | | S3 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Stuart Pearce |