| Manchester United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Craig Gordon |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Danny Higginbotham |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Nyron Nosworthy |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Paul McShane |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | DR | Danny Collins |
| MD | Owen Hargreaves | S2 | MD | Dickson Etuhu |
| S1 | MD | Anderson | | MD | Grant Leadbitter |
| MD | Paul Scholes | S3 | WR | Ross Wallace |
| S2 | AM | Chris Eagles | | FD | Michael Chopra |
| S3 | AM | Nani | S1 | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| FD | Carlos Tevez | | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Louis Saha | S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy |
| S2 | MD | Darren Fletcher | S2 | MD | Liam Miller |
| S3 | DR | John O'Shea | S3 | FD | Anthony Stokes |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Roy Keane |