| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Kasper Schmeichel |
| DR | Stephen Warnock | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Chris Samba | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Ryan Nelsen | | DR | Javier Garrido |
| S1 | MD | Robbie Savage | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | David Dunn | S1 | MD | Michael Johnson |
| AM | Brett Emerton | S2 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| WR | David Bentley | | MD | Elano |
| WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S3 | FD | Roque Santa Cruz | S3 | WR | Martin Petrov |
| S2 | FD | Benni McCarthy | | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | S1 | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| S2 | DR | Andre Ooijer | S2 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| S3 | FD | Matt Derbyshire | S3 | MD | Geovanni |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Mark Hughes | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |