| Sunderland | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | Paul McShane | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Danny Collins | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| MD | Liam Miller | S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Grant Leadbitter | S3 | MD | David Dunn |
| S1 | WR | Ross Wallace | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S2 | FD | Michael Chopra | | WR | David Bentley |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Roque Santa Cruz |
| S3 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S1 | FD | Matt Derbyshire |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | S1 | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S2 | MD | Robbie Savage |
| S3 | FD | David Connolly | S3 | FD | Maceo Rigters |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Mark Hughes |