| Arsenal | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alex Manninger | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Lee Dixon | DR | Chris Makin | ||
| DR | Silvinho | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Igors Stepanovs | DR | Jody Craddock | ||
| DR | Tony Adams | DR | Stanislav Varga | ||
| DR | Gilles Grimandi | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| MD | Patrick Vieira | MD | Alex Rae | ||
| MD | Robert Pires | MD | Stefan Schwarz | ||
| AM | Freddie Ljungberg | MD | Don Hutchison | ||
| S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S1 | FD | Niall Quinn |
| S2 | FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Kevin Phillips | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Ray Parlour | S1 | FD | Danny Dichio |
| S2 | FD | Tomas Danilevicius | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Peter Reid | ||||