| Sunderland | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | DR | Mark Delaney | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Colin Calderwood | ||
| DR | Steve Bould | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| MD | Paul Butler | MD | Alan Thompson | ||
| S3 | MD | Gavin McCann | S2 | MD | George Boateng |
| S1 | MD | Alex Rae | MD | Ian Taylor | |
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| S2 | MD | Nicky Summerbee | MD | Lee Hendrie | |
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| FD | Kevin Phillips | S1 | FD | Darius Vassell | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Eric Roy | S1 | FD | Paul Merson |
| S2 | AM | Kevin Ball | S2 | AM | Steve Stone |
| S3 | Michael Reddy | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | John Gregory | ||||