| Sunderland | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Kelvin Davis | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Gary Breen | DR | Ben Thatcher | ||
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | DR | Danny Mills | ||
| DR | Alan Stubbs | S1 | DR | Stephen Jordan | |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| MD | Tommy Miller | MD | Claudio Reyna | ||
| MD | Julio Arca | MD | Joey Barton | ||
| S2 | MD | Anthony Le Tallec | S2 | MD | Kiki Musampa |
| AM | Andy Welsh | AM | Trevor Sinclair | ||
| S1 | FD | Andy Gray | FD | Andy Cole | |
| FD | Stephen Elliott | FD | Darius Vassell | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Jon Stead | S1 | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| S2 | AM | Liam Lawrence | S2 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Mick McCarthy | Stuart Pearce | ||||