| Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | GK | Thomas Sorensen | ||
| DR | Lucas Neill | DR | Stephen Wright | ||
| DR | Craig Short | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | DR | Phil Babb | ||
| DR | Martin Taylor | DR | Joachim Bjorklund | ||
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | MD | Claudio Reyna | ||
| MD | David Dunn | MD | Gavin McCann | ||
| WR | Damien Duff | MD | Jason McAteer | ||
| S1 | WR | Keith Gillespie | MD | Tommy Butler | |
| FD | Andy Cole | S1 | AM | Kevin Kilbane | |
| FD | Dwight Yorke | FD | Kevin Phillips | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Craig Hignett | S1 | FD | Niall Quinn |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graeme Souness | Peter Reid | ||||