| Sunderland | Watford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Chris Day | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | DR | Des Lyttle | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Steve Palmer | ||
| DR | Steve Bould | DR | Mark Williams | ||
| DR | Paul Butler | DR | Rob Page | ||
| MD | Alex Rae | MD | Richard Johnson | ||
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | MD | Clint Easton | ||
| S1 | MD | John Oster | S1 | MD | Alex Bonnot |
| WR | Nicky Summerbee | WR | Peter Kennedy | ||
| S2 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Tommy Mooney | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Michel Ngonge | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Johann Birnir Gudmundsson |
| S2 | Danny Dichio | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Graham Taylor | ||||