| Sunderland | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Bernt Haas | DR | Jlloyd Samuel | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Alan Wright | ||
| DR | Darren Williams | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| DR | Emerson | DR | Steve Staunton | ||
| MD | Gavin McCann | MD | Ian Taylor | ||
| MD | Jason McAteer | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | S1 | MD | Hassan Kachloul | |
| S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna | AM | Steve Stone | |
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Darius Vassell | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Paul Thirlwell | S1 | MD | Gareth Barry |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | John Gregory | ||||