| Sunderland | Bolton Wanderers |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | S1 | DR | Jlloyd Samuel |
| DR | Paul McShane | | DR | Joey O'Brien |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Abdoulaye Meite |
| MD | Dickson Etuhu | | DR | Andy O'Brien |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | S3 | MD | Kevin Nolan |
| MD | Liam Miller | | MD | Gavin McCann |
| S3 | AM | Kieran Richardson | | AM | Ricardo Gardner |
| S1 | FD | Michael Chopra | S2 | FD | Kevin Davies |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | El Hadji Diouf |
| S2 | FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S1 | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S2 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| S3 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | S3 | DR | Ivan Campo |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Gary Megson |