| Sunderland | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Alex Manninger | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | DR | Lee Dixon | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Sylvinho | ||
| S2 | DR | Steve Bould | DR | Martin Keown | |
| DR | Paul Butler | DR | Matthew Upson | ||
| MD | Kevin Ball | MD | Patrick Vieira | ||
| MD | Alex Rae | MD | Ray Parlour | ||
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | S1 | MD | Emmanuel Petit | |
| S1 | FD | John Oster | S2 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp |
| FD | Nicky Summerbee | FD | Thierry Henry | ||
| S3 | FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Gavin McCann | S1 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg |
| S2 | WR | Thomas Helmer | S2 | WR | Luis Boa Morte |
| S3 | Niall Quinn | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Arsene Wenger | ||||