| Sunderland | Manchester United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Lionel Perez | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Gareth Hall | DR | Gary Neville | ||
| DR | Dariusz Kubicki | DR | Denis Irwin | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Phil Neville | ||
| DR | Andy Melville | DR | David May | ||
| DR | Richard Ord | DR | Ronny Johnsen | ||
| S2 | MD | Paul Bracewell | MD | David Beckham | |
| AM | Kevin Ball | S2 | AM | Karel Poborsky | |
| FD | John Mullin | FD | Eric Cantona | ||
| S1 | FD | Michael Bridges | FD | Brian McClair | |
| FD | David Kelly | S1 | FD | Jordi Cruyff | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Craig Russell | S1 | FD | Andy Cole |
| S2 | FD | Darren Williams | S2 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Alex Ferguson | ||||