| Aston Villa | Sunderland |
|---|
| GK | Brad Guzan | | GK | Costel Pantilimon |
| DR | Alan Hutton | | DR | Billy Jones |
| DR | Aly Cissokho | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Ron Vlaar | | DR | John O'Shea |
| S2 | DR | Ciaran Clark | S3 | DR | Santiago Vergini |
| S3 | MD | Tom Cleverley | S1 | MD | Liam Bridcutt |
| MD | Fabian Delph | S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson |
| MD | Carlos Sanchez | | MD | Jordi Gomez |
| S1 | AM | Charles N'Zogbia | | AM | Adam Johnson |
| FD | Andreas Weimann | | FD | Steven Fletcher |
| FD | Christian Benteke | | FD | Connor Wickham |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Leandro Bacuna | S1 | MD | Lee Cattermole |
| S2 | DR | Jores Okore | S2 | AM | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| S3 | AM | Jack Grealish | S3 | WR | Will Buckley |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Paul Lambert | | | Gus Poyet |