| Manchester City | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Micah Richards | S1 | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Jonathan Woodgate |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Robert Huth |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | George Boateng |
| S2 | MD | Claudio Reyna | S2 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | S3 | MD | Fabio Rochemback |
| S1 | FD | DaMarcus Beasley | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| FD | Georgios Samaras | | FD | Jason Euell |
| S3 | FD | Paul Dickov | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Darius Vassell | S1 | DR | Matty Bates |
| S2 | DR | Hatem Trabelsi | S2 | AM | James Morrison |
| S3 | FD | Bernardo Corradi | S3 | FD | Massimo Maccarone |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Gareth Southgate |