| Chelsea | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Carlo Cudicini | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| DR | Mario Melchiot | | DR | Bernt Haas |
| DR | Celestine Babayaro | | DR | Michael Gray |
| S3 | DR | Graeme Le Saux | | DR | Darren Williams |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Marcel Desailly | | DR | Jody Craddock |
| MD | Frank Lampard | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S1 | MD | Jesper Gronkjaer | S2 | MD | Paul Thirlwell |
| MD | Samuele Dalla Bona | S1 | MD | Stefan Schwarz |
| FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| S2 | FD | Eidur Gudjohnsen | | FD | Patrick Mboma |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Mario Stanic | S1 | MD | David Bellion |
| S2 | FD | Mikael Forssell | S2 | FD | Niall Quinn |
| S3 | AM | Gianfranco Zola | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Claudio Ranieri | | | Peter Reid |