| Newcastle United | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Shay Given | | GK | Andreas Isaksson |
| DR | Stephen Carr | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Celestine Babayaro | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S1 | DR | Craig Moore | S2 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| DR | Steven Taylor | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Scott Parker | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Nicky Butt | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S3 | MD | Kieron Dyer | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| S2 | AM | Nolberto Solano | S1 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| WR | Damien Duff | | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| FD | Obafemi Martins | | FD | Darius Vassell |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Oguchi Onyewu | S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| S2 | MD | James Milner | S2 | DR | Hatem Trabelsi |
| S3 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Glenn Roeder | | | Stuart Pearce |