| Sunderland | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jurgen Macho | GK | Peter Schmeichel | ||
| DR | Stephen Wright | DR | Sun Jihai | ||
| S1 | DR | Michael Gray | DR | Steve Howey | |
| DR | George McCartney | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Phil Babb | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| DR | Joachim Bjorklund | MD | Danny Tiatto | ||
| MD | Paul Thirlwell | MD | Kevin Horlock | ||
| AM | Kevin Kilbane | MD | Eyal Berkovic | ||
| S3 | FD | Tore Andre Flo | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe | |
| S2 | FD | Kevin Phillips | FD | Shaun Goater | |
| FD | Michael Proctor | FD | Nicolas Anelka | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | David Bellion | |||
| S2 | FD | Marcus Stewart | |||
| S3 | FD | Kevin Kyle | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Howard Wilkinson | Kevin Keegan | ||||