| Coventry City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Chris Kirkland | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Marcus Hall | DR | Darren Williams | ||
| DR | Gary Breen | DR | George McCartney | ||
| DR | Richard Shaw | DR | Stanislav Varga | ||
| MD | Barry Quinn | DR | Emerson | ||
| MD | Lee Carsley | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| S1 | MD | John Eustace | S3 | MD | Stefan Schwarz |
| AM | Paul Telfer | S1 | MD | Julio Arca | |
| FD | Craig Bellamy | S2 | MD | Don Hutchison | |
| FD | John Hartson | AM | Kevin Kilbane | ||
| FD | Jay Bothroyd | FD | Kevin Phillips | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | David Thompson | S1 | DR | Jody Craddock |
| S2 | MD | Paul Thirlwell | |||
| S3 | FD | Niall Quinn | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Strachan | Peter Reid | ||||