| Sunderland | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tony Coton | GK | Pavel Srnicek | ||
| DR | Dariusz Kubicki | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Martin Scott | DR | Robbie Elliott | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Darren Peacock | ||
| DR | Andy Melville | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| MD | Richard Ord | MD | David Batty | ||
| MD | Paul Bracewell | MD | Rob Lee | ||
| WR | Kevin Ball | WR | David Ginola | ||
| S1 | FD | Steve Agnew | FD | Peter Beardsley | |
| S2 | FD | Paul Stewart | FD | Alan Shearer | |
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Les Ferdinand | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Alex Rae | ||||
| S2 | Craig Russell | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Kevin Keegan | ||||