| Manchester United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Kelvin Davis |
| DR | Gary Neville | | DR | George McCartney |
| S1 | DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Justin Hoyte |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | S1 | DR | Gary Breen |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S2 | DR | John O'Shea | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Ji-Sung Park | S2 | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | AM | Liam Lawrence |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S3 | FD | Jon Stead |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Chris Brown |
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Mikael Silvestre | S1 | DR | Steven Caldwell |
| S2 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | S2 | MD | Tommy Miller |
| | | S3 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Kevin Ball |