| Sunderland | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Mark Schwarzer | ||
| DR | Darren Williams | DR | Curtis Fleming | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Steve Vickers | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | ||
| DR | Emerson | DR | Colin Cooper | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | S1 | MD | Phil Stamp | |
| MD | Alex Rae | MD | Robbie Mustoe | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Paul Ince | ||
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | AM | Keith O'Neill | ||
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Hamilton Ricard | ||
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Brian Deane | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Christian Karembeu | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Terry Venables | ||||