| Sunderland | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | DR | Alan Wright | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Steve Staunton | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Alpay Ozalan | ||
| DR | Emerson | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | MD | Ian Taylor | ||
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| MD | Don Hutchison | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| S2 | AM | John Oster | FD | Julian Joachim | |
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Paul Merson | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Danny Dichio | |||
| S2 | MD | Tommy Butler | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | John Gregory | ||||