| Sunderland | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Richard Wright | ||
| S1 | DR | Bernt Haas | DR | Lauren | |
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Matthew Upson | ||
| DR | Stanislav Varga | DR | Sol Campbell | ||
| DR | Jody Craddock | DR | Martin Keown | ||
| DR | Emerson | MD | Patrick Vieira | ||
| MD | Jason McAteer | MD | Ray Parlour | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | ||
| S2 | MD | Gavin McCann | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | |
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | S1 | FD | Sylvain Wiltord | |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | S1 | FD | Thierry Henry |
| S2 | DR | Darren Williams | S2 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Arsene Wenger | ||||