| Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| S2 | DR | Ben Thatcher | | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Hatem Trabelsi | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| MD | Joey Barton | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Gary Speed |
| FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| S1 | FD | Paul Dickov | S1 | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| FD | Ishmael Miller | S2 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras | S1 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te |
| S2 | MD | Ousmane Dabo | S2 | WR | Ricardo Gardner |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Stuart Pearce | | | Sam Allardyce |