| Birmingham City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Ian Bennett | | GK | Mart Poom |
| DR | Jeff Kenna | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Kenny Cunningham | | DR | Darren Williams |
| DR | Jamie Clapham | S1 | DR | Joachim Bjorklund |
| DR | Matthew Upson | S2 | DR | Talal El Karkouri |
| S3 | MD | Bryan Hughes | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| MD | Stephen Clemence | | MD | Sean Thornton |
| S2 | AM | Paul Devlin | | AM | Kevin Kilbane |
| AM | Stan Lazaridis | | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| FD | Geoff Horsfield | | FD | Kevin Phillips |
| S1 | FD | Christophe Dugarry | | FD | Marcus Stewart |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Stern John | S1 | DR | George McCartney |
| S2 | MD | Darren Carter | S2 | DR | Stephen Wright |
| S3 | FD | Jovan Kirovski | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Mick McCarthy |