| Sunderland | Everton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Marton Fulop | GK | Tim Howard | ||
| DR | Phil Bardsley | DR | Tony Hibbert | ||
| DR | George McCartney | DR | Leighton Baines | ||
| S2 | DR | John Mensah | DR | Lucas Neill | |
| DR | Paulo da Silva | DR | Johnny Heitinga | ||
| S1 | MD | Steed Malbranque | MD | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov | |
| MD | Jordan Henderson | MD | Tim Cahill | ||
| MD | Lorik Cana | S1 | MD | Leon Osman | |
| MD | Andy Reid | MD | Marouane Fellaini | ||
| FD | Darren Bent | AM | Steven Pienaar | ||
| FD | Kenwyne Jones | S2 | FD | Louis Saha | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Bolo Zenden | S1 | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| S2 | DR | Nyron Nosworthy | S2 | FD | James Vaughan |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Steve Bruce | David Moyes | ||||