| West Ham United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Thomas Sorensen |
| S2 | DR | Sebastien Schemmel | | DR | Darren Williams |
| DR | Nigel Winterburn | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Ian Pearce | | DR | Jody Craddock |
| DR | Tomas Repka | | DR | Joachim Bjorklund |
| DR | Christian Dailly | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Joe Cole | S1 | MD | Paul Thirlwell |
| MD | Steve Lomas | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| AM | Trevor Sinclair | S2 | FD | Niall Quinn |
| S1 | FD | Jermain Defoe | S3 | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Richard Garcia | S1 | MD | Tommy Butler |
| S2 | DR | Vladimir Labant | S2 | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| | | S3 | MD | Stefan Schwarz |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Glenn Roeder | | | Peter Reid |