| Sunderland | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Fabien Barthez |
| DR | Darren Williams | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Michael Gray | S3 | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Jody Craddock | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Stanislav Varga | | DR | Jaap Stam |
| MD | Gavin McCann | | MD | Roy Keane |
| MD | Alex Rae | | MD | David Beckham |
| S2 | MD | Stefan Schwarz | S2 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Don Hutchison | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | | FD | Andy Cole |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | S1 | FD | Teddy Sheringham |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Kevin Kilbane | S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| S3S2 | DR | Emerson | S2 | MD | Nicky Butt |
| S3 | DR | Chris Makin | S3 | DR | Phil Neville |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Peter Reid | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |