| Sunderland | Portsmouth |
|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | | GK | David James |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Noe Pamarot |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Nadir Belhadj |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | | DR | Sol Campbell |
| S2 | MD | Steed Malbranque | | MD | Lassana Diarra |
| S3 | MD | Andy Reid | S2 | MD | Niko Kranjcar |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | | MD | Sean Davis |
| FD | Djibril Cisse | S1 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S3 | FD | Jermain Defoe |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | S1 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu |
| S2 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S2 | FD | John Utaka |
| S3 | FD | David Healy | S3 | MD | Richard Hughes |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Tony Adams |