| Sunderland | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Vito Mannone | | GK | Asmir Begovic |
| DR | Billy Jones | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Patrick van Aanholt | | DR | Marc Wilson |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Marc Muniesa |
| DR | Santiago Vergini | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | S2 | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| S3 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | | MD | Steven N'Zonzi |
| S2 | MD | Jordi Gomez | | MD | Charlie Adam |
| S1 | WR | Will Buckley | S1 | AM | Victor Moses |
| FD | Steven Fletcher | | FD | Marko Arnautovic |
| FD | Connor Wickham | S3 | FD | Peter Crouch |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Adam Johnson | S1 | WR | Oussama Assaidi |
| S2 | MD | Jack Rodwell | S2 | FD | Krkic Bojan |
| S3 | MD | Liam Bridcutt | S3 | FD | Jon Walters |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Gus Poyet | | | Mark Hughes |