| Arsenal | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Wojciech Szczesny | | GK | Simon Mignolet |
| DR | Carl Jenkinson | | DR | John O'Shea |
| S1 | DR | Kieran Gibbs | | DR | Michael Turner |
| DR | Per Mertesacker | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Laurent Koscielny | S3 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| MD | Alex Song | | MD | Jack Colback |
| S3 | MD | Tomas Rosicky | S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Mikel Arteta | S2 | MD | Stephane Sessegnon |
| WR | Theo Walcott | | MD | David Vaughan |
| FD | Robin Van Persie | | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| S2 | FD | Gervinho | | AM | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Andre Santos | S1 | FD | Dong-won Ji |
| S2 | FD | Andrey Arshavin | S2 | FD | Connor Wickham |
| S3 | MD | Yossi Benayoun | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Steve Bruce |