| Manchester City | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | | GK | David James |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Dejan Stefanovic |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Linvoy Primus |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Sean Davis |
| S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | S1 | MD | Pedro Mendes |
| S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras | | MD | Matt Taylor |
| FD | Paul Dickov | S2 | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | S1 | MD | Richard Hughes |
| S2 | FD | Ishmael Miller | S2 | FD | Svetoslav Todorov |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Harry Redknapp |