| Sunderland | Birmingham City |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Maik Taylor |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Rafael Schmitz |
| DR | Jonny Evans | | DR | Liam Ridgewell |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Liam Miller | | MD | Damien Johnson |
| S2 | FD | Anthony Stokes | | MD | Fabrice Muamba |
| FD | Daryl Murphy | | AM | James McFadden |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | WR | Olivier Kapo |
| S1 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S2 | FD | Cameron Jerome |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Rade Prica | S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell |
| S2 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | S2 | FD | Mauro Zarate |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Alex McLeish |