| Manchester City | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Vito Mannone |
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | | DR | Marcos Alonso |
| DR | Aleksandar Kolarov | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Vincent Kompany | | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | Martin Demichelis | | DR | Santiago Vergini |
| MD | James Milner | S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Samir Nasri | | MD | Jack Colback |
| MD | Javi Garcia | | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S3 | MD | Fernandinho | | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S2 | FD | Alvaro Negredo | | FD | Connor Wickham |
| S1 | FD | Sergio Aguero | S2 | FD | Fabio Borini |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Stevan Jovetic | S1 | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| S2 | FD | Edin Dzeko | S2 | FD | Ignacio 'Nacho' Scocco |
| S3 | MD | Jack Rodwell | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Manuel Pellegrini | | | Gus Poyet |