| Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| S3 | DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Bernt Haas |
| DR | Craig Short | | DR | Michael Gray |
| S1 | DR | Henning Berg | | DR | Darren Williams |
| DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | | DR | Emerson |
| MD | David Dunn | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Jason McAteer |
| AM | Alan Mahon | S2 | MD | Julio Arca |
| WR | Keith Gillespie | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| WR | Damien Duff | S1 | FD | Niall Quinn |
| S2 | FD | Corrado Grabbi | | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Mark Hughes | S1 | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| S2 | FD | Matt Jansen | S2 | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| S3 | DR | Martin Taylor | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Peter Reid |