| Arsenal | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Seaman | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Lee Dixon | S1 | DR | Chris Makin | |
| DR | Sylvinho | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Oleg Luzhny | DR | Steve Bould | ||
| DR | Martin Keown | DR | Paul Butler | ||
| MD | Patrick Vieira | MD | Eric Roy | ||
| MD | Ray Parlour | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| MD | Emmanuel Petit | MD | Stefan Schwarz | ||
| S1 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S2 | AM | Nicky Summerbee |
| FD | Davor Suker | FD | Niall Quinn | ||
| S2 | FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Kevin Phillips | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Stefan Malz | S1 | DR | Darren Williams |
| S2 | AM | Graham Barrett | S2 | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Peter Reid | ||||