| Manchester City | Everton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Nigel Martyn | ||
| DR | Danny Mills | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Stephen Jordan | DR | Nuno Valente | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Matteo Ferrari | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Joseph Yobo | ||
| MD | Joey Barton | DR | David Weir | ||
| S1 | MD | Kiki Musampa | MD | Tim Cahill | |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | S3 | MD | Leon Osman | |
| MD | Antoine Sibierski | AM | Kevin Kilbane | ||
| S2 | FD | Andy Cole | S2 | AM | James McFadden |
| FD | Darius Vassell | S1 | FD | Marcus Bent | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Lee Croft | S1 | FD | James Beattie |
| S2 | DR | Sun Jihai | S2 | FD | Duncan Ferguson |
| S3 | MD | Simon Davies | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Stuart Pearce | David Moyes | ||||