| Sunderland | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Carlo Cudicini |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| S1 | DR | Carlos Edwards | | DR | Paulo Ferreira |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | John Terry |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Alex Dias da Costa |
| DR | Jonny Evans | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | S2 | MD | Joe Cole |
| S3 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | | MD | John Obi Mikel |
| MD | Andy Reid | S1 | MD | Michael Ballack |
| S2 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | | FD | Didier Drogba |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Salomon Kalou |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Rade Prica | S1 | MD | Michael Essien |
| S2 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S2 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | DR | Ian Harte | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Avram Grant |