| Sunderland | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Jonny Evans | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| MD | Andy Reid | S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S3 | MD | Elano |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| S3 | FD | Michael Chopra | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S2S1 | FD | Daniel Sturridge |
| S2 | DR | Carlos Edwards | S2 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| S3 | FD | Roy O'Donovan | S3 | MD | Didi Hamann |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Roy Keane | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |