| Cardiff City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Marshall | GK | Vito Mannone | ||
| DR | Kevin Theophile-Catherine | DR | Phil Bardsley | ||
| DR | Declan John | DR | Andrea Dossena | ||
| DR | Steven Caulker | DR | Modibo Diakite | ||
| DR | Ben Turner | DR | Valentin Roberge | ||
| MD | Peter Whittingham | MD | Sung-Yeung Ki | ||
| MD | Gary Medel | S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | |
| MD | Jordon Mutch | S3 | MD | Lee Cattermole | |
| S2 | AM | Bo-kyung Kim | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini | |
| S1 | WR | Craig Noone | FD | Jozy Altidore | |
| S3 | FD | Fraizer Campbell | S1 | FD | Fabio Borini |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Don Cowie | S1 | FD | Steven Fletcher |
| S2 | MD | Aron Gunnarsson | S2 | MD | Jack Colback |
| S3 | FD | Andreas Cornelius | S3 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Kerslake | Gus Poyet | ||||