| Bolton Wanderers | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Kelvin Davis |
| DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | George McCartney |
| DR | Bruno N'Gotty | S1 | DR | Dan Smith |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Steven Caldwell |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| MD | Gary Speed | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S3 | MD | Jay-Jay Okocha | | MD | Rory Delap |
| AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| S1 | AM | Ricardo Gardner | | MD | Tommy Miller |
| FD | Kevin Davies | S3 | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te | S2 | FD | Kevin Kyle |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Henrik Pedersen | S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| S2 | FD | Jared Borgetti | S2 | FD | Chris Brown |
| S3 | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye | S3 | DR | Gary Breen |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Kevin Ball |