| Sunderland | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Vito Mannone | | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| S1 | DR | Phil Bardsley | | DR | Erik Pieters |
| DR | Marcos Alonso | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Geoff Cameron |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| MD | Sung-Yeung Ki | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Steven N'Zonzi |
| MD | Jack Colback | | MD | Charlie Adam |
| S3 | AM | Adam Johnson | S2 | WR | Oussama Assaidi |
| S2 | FD | Jozy Altidore | S3 | FD | Peter Odemwingie |
| FD | Fabio Borini | S1 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Ondrej Celustka | S1 | FD | Jon Walters |
| S2 | FD | Steven Fletcher | S2 | FD | Marko Arnautovic |
| S3 | MD | Craig Gardner | S3 | FD | John Guidetti |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gus Poyet | | | Mark Hughes |