| Sunderland | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Darren Williams | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Jody Craddock | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Stanislav Varga | S3 | DR | Laurent Blanc |
| MD | Paul Thirlwell | S2 | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Stefan Schwarz | | MD | Nicky Butt |
| MD | Julio Arca | | WR | Luke Chadwick |
| S1 | AM | Kevin Kilbane | S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Niall Quinn | | FD | Andy Cole |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | David Bellion | S1 | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| | | S2 | MD | Michael Stewart |
| | | S3 | DR | Phil Neville |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Peter Reid | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |