| Derby County | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Roy Carroll | | GK | Craig Gordon |
| DR | Marc Edworthy | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Jay McEveley | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| DR | Darren Moore | | DR | Jonny Evans |
| S1 | MD | David Jones | | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Stephen Pearson | S1 | MD | Andy Reid |
| WR | Eddie Lewis | | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| S2 | WR | Mile Sterjovski | S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| FD | Emanuel Villa | | FD | Michael Chopra |
| S3 | FD | Kenny Miller | | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Hossam Ghaly | S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| S2 | FD | Craig Fagan | S2 | FD | Anthony Stokes |
| S3 | FD | Rob Earnshaw | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Jewell | | | Roy Keane |