| Sunderland | Derby County | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Mart Poom | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | DR | Danny Higginbotham | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Horacio Carbonari | ||
| DR | Darren Williams | DR | Bjorn Otto Bragstad | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | S3 | DR | Steve Elliott | |
| DR | Emerson | S2 | MD | Stefano Eranio | |
| MD | Don Hutchison | MD | Simo Valakari | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | S1 | MD | Georgi Kinkladze | |
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | MD | Seth Johnson | ||
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Deon Burton | ||
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Malcolm Christie | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Dean Sturridge | |||
| S2 | MD | Adam Murray | |||
| S3 | FD | Lee Morris | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Jim Smith | ||||