| Sunderland | Newcastle United |
|---|
| GK | Simon Mignolet | | GK | Tim Krul |
| DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Danny Simpson |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | Ryan Taylor |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Fabricio Coloccini |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | | DR | Steven Taylor |
| S3 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | S1 | MD | Yohan Cabaye |
| MD | Jack Colback | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Stephane Sessegnon | | MD | Cheick Tiote |
| S2 | AM | Kieran Richardson | S2 | AM | Gabriel Obertan |
| S1 | AM | Ahmed Elmohamady | | AM | Jonas Gutierrez |
| FD | Asamoah Gyan | | FD | Shola Ameobi |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Craig Gardner | S1 | DR | Mike Williamson |
| S2 | FD | Dong-won Ji | S2 | MD | Dan Gosling |
| S3 | FD | Connor Wickham | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Alan Pardew |