| Sunderland | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Keiren Westwood | | GK | Paul Robinson |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | S3 | DR | Michel Salgado |
| DR | John O'Shea | S1 | DR | Gael Givet |
| DR | Titus Bramble | | DR | Scott Dann |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Chris Samba |
| S1 | MD | Jack Colback | | MD | Jason Lowe |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Simon Vukcevic |
| MD | David Vaughan | | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Stephane Sessegnon | | MD | Mauro Formica |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S2 | FD | Connor Wickham | | FD | Yakubu Ayegbeni |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Dong-won Ji | S2S1 | DR | Martin Olsson |
| S2 | AM | James McClean | S2 | DR | Adam Henley |
| | | S3 | DR | Grant Hanley |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Martin O'Neill | | | Steve Kean |