| Sunderland | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | David James |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Noe Pamarot |
| S2 | DR | Jonny Evans | S2 | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| MD | Liam Miller | S1 | MD | Arnold Mvuemba |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| S1 | FD | Anthony Stokes | | MD | Richard Hughes |
| FD | Daryl Murphy | | MD | Pedro Mendes |
| S3 | FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | David Nugent |
| FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S1 | WR | Franck Songo'o |
| S2 | DR | Paul McShane | S2 | DR | Djimi Traore |
| S3 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Harry Redknapp |