| Sunderland | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Thomas Sorensen | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| S1 | DR | Stephen Wright | | DR | Bernard Mendy |
| DR | Michael Gray | | DR | Bruno N'Gotty |
| DR | Darren Williams | | DR | Gudni Bergsson |
| DR | George McCartney | | DR | Ivan Campo |
| DR | Joachim Bjorklund | | DR | Florent Laville |
| DR | Talal El Karkouri | | MD | Per Frandsen |
| MD | Sean Thornton | | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| S2 | FD | Tore Andre Flo | S2 | MD | Youri Djorkaeff |
| FD | Kevin Phillips | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S3 | FD | Michael Proctor | S1 | FD | Henrik Pedersen |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Julio Arca | S1 | FD | Salva Ballesta |
| S2 | FD | Marcus Stewart | S2 | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| S3 | FD | Kevin Kyle | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Mick McCarthy | | | Sam Allardyce |