| Sunderland | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Ben Foster |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Carlos Edwards | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | John O'Shea |
| S1 | DR | Calum Davenport | | DR | Jonny Evans |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| S3 | MD | Teemu Tainio | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| MD | Grant Leadbitter | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S2 | MD | Andy Reid | S2 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov |
| FD | Djibril Cisse | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | S3 | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Paul McShane | S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S2 | FD | Federico Macheda |
| S3 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S3 | MD | Anderson |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Ricky Sbragia | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |