| Manchester City | Charlton Athletic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | GK | Scott Carson | ||
| DR | Michael Ball | DR | Luke Young | ||
| DR | Sun Jihai | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | ||
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | DR | Talal El Karkouri | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Souleymane Diawara | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | MD | Alex Song | ||
| MD | Joey Barton | MD | Zheng Zhi | ||
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | MD | Amdy Faye | |
| MD | Michael Johnson | S1 | AM | Jerome Thomas | |
| FD | Emile Mpenza | FD | Marcus Bent | ||
| S2 | FD | Darius Vassell | FD | Darren Bent | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | WR | Dennis Rommedahl |
| S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Stuart Pearce | Alan Pardew | ||||