| Chelsea | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| S2 | DR | Albert Ferrer | | DR | Patrice Carteron |
| DR | Graeme Le Saux | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Frank Leboeuf | | DR | Jody Craddock |
| DR | Marcel Desailly | | DR | Emerson |
| S1 | MD | Mario Stanic | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Dennis Wise | | MD | Stefan Schwarz |
| MD | Slavisa Jokanovic | S1 | MD | Julio Arca |
| S3 | MD | Jesper Gronkjaer | | MD | Don Hutchison |
| FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| FD | Eidur Gudjohnsen | S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Gus Poyet | S1 | DR | Darren Williams |
| S2 | DR | John Terry | S2 | FD | Danny Dichio |
| S3 | AM | Gianfranco Zola | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Claudio Ranieri | | | Peter Reid |