| Manchester City | Wigan Athletic |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | John Filan |
| DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Pascal Chimbonda |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Leighton Baines |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Arjan de Zeeuw |
| DR | David Sommeil | | MD | Paul Scharner |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | MD | Graham Kavanagh |
| S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Jimmy Bullard |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | WR | Gary Teale |
| S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | S1 | FD | Henri Camara |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | | FD | Lee McCulloch |
| FD | Bradley Wright-Phillips | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S3S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras | S1 | MD | Andreas Johansson |
| S2 | FD | Ishmael Miller | | | |
| S3 | WR | Lee Croft | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Paul Jewell |