| Newcastle United | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Tim Krul | | GK | Vito Mannone |
| S2 | DR | Davide Santon | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Mathieu Debuchy | | DR | Marcos Alonso |
| DR | Mike Williamson | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Steven Taylor | | DR | John O'Shea |
| MD | Moussa Sissoko | | MD | Sung-Yeung Ki |
| S3 | MD | Vurnon Anita | | MD | Jack Colback |
| WR | Hatem Ben Arfa | | MD | Liam Bridcutt |
| MD | Cheick Tiote | S1 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S1 | FD | Shola Ameobi | | FD | Jozy Altidore |
| WR | Sammy Ameobi | S2 | FD | Fabio Borini |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Luuk de Jong | S1 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| S2 | DR | Paul Dummett | S2 | MD | Craig Gardner |
| S3 | MD | Sylvain Marveaux | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Alan Pardew | | | Gus Poyet |