| Middlesbrough | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Brad Jones | | GK | Kelvin Davis |
| DR | Abel Xavier | | DR | Justin Hoyte |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Christian Bassila |
| DR | Emanuel Pogatetz | | DR | Gary Breen |
| S1 | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | | DR | Steven Caldwell |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| MD | George Boateng | S2 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Fabio Rochemback | | MD | Tommy Miller |
| S2 | AM | James Morrison | | MD | Julio Arca |
| S3 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni | | FD | Andy Gray |
| FD | Mark Viduka | S1 | FD | Stephen Elliott |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Massimo Maccarone | S1 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec |
| S2 | MD | Ray Parlour | S2 | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| S3 | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve McClaren | | | Mick McCarthy |