| Sunderland | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | | GK | Paul Robinson |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Andre Ooijer |
| DR | Danny Collins | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | S3 | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| S1 | MD | Teemu Tainio | S1 | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Steed Malbranque | | MD | Keith Andrews |
| MD | Andy Reid | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S3 | AM | Kieran Richardson | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | S2 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | | FD | Jason Roberts |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Dean Whitehead | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S2 | FD | Daryl Murphy | S2 | FD | Matt Derbyshire |
| S3 | MD | Grant Leadbitter | S3 | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Ricky Sbragia | | | Sam Allardyce |