| Sunderland | Everton |
|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | | GK | Tim Howard |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Leighton Baines |
| DR | Danny Collins | S1 | DR | Lars Jacobsen |
| DR | Calum Davenport | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Joseph Yobo |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | DR | Joleon Lescott |
| S2 | MD | Steed Malbranque | | MD | Tim Cahill |
| MD | Grant Leadbitter | | MD | Marouane Fellaini |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | S3 | MD | Dan Gosling |
| S1 | FD | Djibril Cisse | | AM | Steven Pienaar |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | S2 | FD | Jo |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | David Healy | S1 | MD | Jack Rodwell |
| S2 | DR | Carlos Edwards | S2 | FD | Louis Saha |
| | | S3 | MD | Segundo Castillo |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Ricky Sbragia | | | David Moyes |