| Sunderland | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Joe Hart |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | S1 | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Steed Malbranque | | DR | Vincent Kompany |
| S1 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S2 | MD | Michael Johnson |
| MD | Andy Reid | | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | S3 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | FD | Jo |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S1 | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| S2 | FD | David Healy | S2 | MD | Gelson Fernandes |
| S3 | FD | Anthony Stokes | S3 | MD | Elano |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Mark Hughes |