| Sunderland | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Chris Kirkland | ||
| DR | Chris Makin | S3 | DR | Ivan Guerrero | |
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| DR | Darren Williams | DR | Richard Shaw | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Gary Breen | ||
| DR | Emerson | S2 | MD | Barry Quinn | |
| MD | Alex Rae | MD | Mustapha Hadji | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Youssef Chippo | ||
| MD | Don Hutchison | AM | Paul Telfer | ||
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Craig Bellamy | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | S1 | FD | John Aloisi | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Danny Dichio | S1 | FD | Cedric Roussel |
| S2 | MD | John Eustace | |||
| S3 | MD | David Thompson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Gordon Strachan | ||||