| Sunderland | Cardiff City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Vito Mannone | GK | David Marshall | ||
| DR | Marcos Alonso | DR | Kevin Theophile-Catherine | ||
| DR | Wes Brown | S2 | DR | Fabio | |
| DR | John O'Shea | DR | Steven Caulker | ||
| DR | Santiago Vergini | DR | Juan Cala | ||
| S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | MD | Peter Whittingham | |
| S3 | MD | Jack Colback | MD | Gary Medel | |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | MD | Jordon Mutch | ||
| S2 | AM | Adam Johnson | S1 | MD | Don Cowie |
| FD | Connor Wickham | MD | Mats Daehli | ||
| FD | Fabio Borini | S3 | FD | Fraizer Campbell | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini | S1 | WR | Wilfried Zaha |
| S2 | MD | Liam Bridcutt | S2 | FD | Kenwyne Jones |
| S3 | MD | Craig Gardner | S3 | FD | Craig Bellamy |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gus Poyet | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | ||||