| Sunderland | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Roy Carroll |
| DR | Stephen Wright | S2 | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Laurent Blanc |
| DR | Phil Babb | S1 | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Joachim Bjorklund | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Juan Sebastian Veron |
| MD | Jason McAteer | | MD | David Beckham |
| MD | Tommy Butler | | MD | Roy Keane |
| S2 | WR | Matt Piper | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S1 | FD | Tore Andre Flo | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Niall Quinn | S1 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S2 | MD | Paul Thirlwell | S2 | FD | Diego Forlan |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Peter Reid | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |