| Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Micah Richards | S1 | DR | Nicky Hunt |
| DR | Michael Ball | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | S2 | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Lubo Michalik |
| MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| S1 | MD | Gelson Fernandes | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S2 | WR | Martin Petrov | | FD | Kevin Davies |
| S3 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| FD | Darius Vassell | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Kelvin Etuhu | S1 | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S2 | DR | Javier Garrido | S2 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| S3 | FD | Emile Mpenza | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Gary Megson |