| Manchester United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Anders Lindegaard | | GK | Keiren Westwood |
| DR | Patrice Evra | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Phil Jones | | DR | Michael Turner |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Nemanja Vidic | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S3 | MD | Darren Fletcher | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S2 | MD | Ji-Sung Park | S3 | MD | Stephane Sessegnon |
| AM | Nani | S2 | MD | Jack Colback |
| S1 | FD | Danny Welbeck | | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| FD | Javier Hernandez | S1 | FD | Connor Wickham |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Nicklas Bendtner |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Dimitar Berbatov | S1 | FD | Dong-Won Ji |
| S2 | MD | Michael Carrick | S2 | AM | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| S3 | DR | Fabio | S3 | MD | David Meyler |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Steve Bruce |