| Sunderland | Aston Villa |
|---|
| S2 | GK | Simon Mignolet | | GK | Shay Given |
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Alan Hutton |
| DR | Michael Turner | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | James Collins |
| MD | Jack Colback | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Stilian Petrov |
| MD | Stephane Sessegnon | | MD | Chris Herd |
| S3 | MD | David Vaughan | S1 | AM | Charles N'Zogbia |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | | FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor |
| FD | Connor Wickham | | FD | Darren Bent |
| FD | Nicklas Bendtner | | FD | Emile Heskey |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Phil Bardsley | S1 | AM | Marc Albrighton |
| S2 | GK | Keiren Westwood | | | |
| S3 | MD | David Meyler | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Bruce | | | Alex McLeish |