| Sunderland | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Darren Ward | GK | Scott Carson | ||
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | DR | Wilfred Bouma | ||
| DR | Paul McShane | DR | Olof Mellberg | ||
| DR | Danny Collins | DR | Martin Laursen | ||
| S1 | MD | Dickson Etuhu | DR | Zat Knight | |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| S3 | WR | Ross Wallace | MD | Nigel Reo-Coker | |
| S2 | FD | Anthony Stokes | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| FD | Daryl Murphy | AM | Ashley Young | ||
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | FD | John Carew | ||
| FD | Dwight Yorke | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S1 | MD | Shaun Maloney |
| S2 | FD | Michael Chopra | |||
| S3 | FD | Andy Cole | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Roy Keane | Martin O'Neill | ||||