| Sunderland | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| DR | Danny Higginbotham | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Paul McShane | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Danny Collins | S2 | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Dickson Etuhu | | DR | John O'Shea |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S1 | WR | Ross Wallace | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S3 | FD | Michael Chopra | S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | AM | Nani |
| S2 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Louis Saha |
| FD | Martyn Waghorn | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| S2 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S2 | DR | Gerard Pique |
| S3 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |