| Portsmouth | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Dean Kiely | | GK | David James |
| DR | Brian Priske | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Linvoy Primus | S3 | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| DR | Andy O'Brien | | DR | Micah Richards |
| MD | Andres D'Alessandro | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Matt Taylor | S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Gary O'Neil | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S2 | MD | Sean Davis | | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| MD | Pedro Mendes | S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S1 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| FD | Lomana LuaLua | | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov | S1 | WR | Lee Croft |
| S2 | AM | Wayne Routledge | S2 | FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| | | S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Harry Redknapp | | | Stuart Pearce |