| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | David James |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Zurab Khizanishvili | S3 | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S3 | MD | Sergio Peter | S1 | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| WR | David Bentley | S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| FD | Shefki Kuqi | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S2 | FD | Paul Dickov | | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Brett Emerton | S1 | WR | Albert Riera |
| S2 | FD | Florent Sinama Pongolle | S2 | WR | Lee Croft |
| S3 | FD | Paul Gallagher | S3 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Stuart Pearce |