| Manchester United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Edwin Van der Sar | | GK | Craig Gordon |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Rafael | | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Anton Ferdinand |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | S3 | MD | Bolo Zenden |
| S1 | MD | Anderson | S2 | MD | Steed Malbranque |
| MD | Ji-Sung Park | | MD | Jordan Henderson |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | Cristian Riveros |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | AM | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| S3 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S1 | FD | Darren Bent |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Asamoah Gyan |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Darron Gibson | S1 | MD | David Meyler |
| S2 | FD | Federico Macheda | S2 | FD | Jordan Cook |
| S3 | FD | Javier Hernandez | S3 | DR | Marcos Angeleri |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Steve Bruce |