| Aston Villa | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | | GK | Vito Mannone |
| DR | Antonio Luna | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Ron Vlaar | S3 | DR | Andrea Dossena |
| DR | Ciaran Clark | | DR | Wes Brown |
| S1 | MD | Karim El Ahmadi | | DR | John O'Shea |
| MD | Ashley Westwood | | MD | Sung-Yeung Ki |
| MD | Fabian Delph | | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| AM | Leandro Bacuna | S1 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S2 | FD | Andreas Weimann | | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| FD | Gabriel Agbonlahor | | FD | Steven Fletcher |
| S3 | FD | Christian Benteke | S2 | FD | Fabio Borini |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Aleksandar Tonev | S1 | MD | Jack Colback |
| S2 | AM | Marc Albrighton | S2 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S3 | FD | Libor Kozak | S3 | DR | Ondrej Celustka |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Lambert | | | Gus Poyet |