| Sunderland | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Simon Mignolet | | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Michael Turner | | DR | Robert Huth |
| S2 | DR | John Mensah | | DR | Danny Collins |
| DR | Nedum Onuoha | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | | DR | Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye |
| S1 | MD | Steed Malbranque | S2 | MD | Dean Whitehead |
| MD | Jordan Henderson | | AM | Matthew Etherington |
| S3 | AM | Ahmed Elmohamady | | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| FD | Danny Welbeck | S1 | FD | Jon Walters |
| FD | Asamoah Gyan | | FD | Tuncay Sanli |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S1 | FD | Ricardo Fuller |
| S2 | DR | Anton Ferdinand | S2 | MD | Rory Delap |
| S3 | MD | Bolo Zenden | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Tony Pulis |