| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Nicky Weaver |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Andre Ooijer | | DR | Stephen Jordan |
| DR | Zurab Khizanishvili | S1 | DR | Hatem Trabelsi |
| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Robbie Savage | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | MD | Joey Barton |
| WR | David Bentley | S3 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S2 | FD | Francis Jeffers | S2 | FD | Paul Dickov |
| S3 | FD | Benni McCarthy | | FD | Bernardo Corradi |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Aaron Mokoena | S1 | FD | DaMarcus Beasley |
| S2 | FD | Shabani Nonda | S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| S3 | FD | Paul Gallagher | S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mark Hughes | | | Stuart Pearce |