| Aston Villa | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Alan Wright | DR | Chris Makin | ||
| DR | Gareth Southgate | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Alpay Ozalan | DR | Darren Williams | ||
| MD | Gareth Barry | DR | Jody Craddock | ||
| MD | Ian Taylor | DR | Emerson | ||
| S2 | MD | Lee Hendrie | MD | Alex Rae | |
| AM | Steve Stone | S1 | MD | Julio Arca | |
| S1 | FD | Dion Dublin | AM | Kevin Kilbane | |
| FD | Julian Joachim | FD | Niall Quinn | ||
| FD | Paul Merson | FD | Kevin Phillips | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Darius Vassell | S1 | ||
| S2 | MD | George Boateng | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Gregory | Peter Reid | ||||