| Manchester City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Craig Gordon |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Ian Harte |
| DR | Sun Jihai | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Javier Garrido | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Danny Collins |
| S1 | MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Dickson Etuhu |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Liam Miller |
| S3 | MD | Elano | | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| MD | Didi Hamann | S1 | FD | Anthony Stokes |
| WR | Martin Petrov | S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| S2 | FD | Emile Mpenza | | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Darius Vassell | S1 | WR | Ross Wallace |
| S2 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | S2 | FD | Michael Chopra |
| S3 | DR | Michael Ball | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Roy Keane |