| Sunderland | Aston Villa |
|---|
| GK | Vito Mannone | | GK | Brad Guzan |
| DR | Billy Jones | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Patrick van Aanholt | S2 | DR | Alan Hutton |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Aly Cissokho |
| DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Joleon Lescott |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | | MD | Idrissa Gueye |
| MD | Yann M'Vila | | MD | Jordan Veretout |
| S3 | AM | Adam Johnson | | AM | Leandro Bacuna |
| S2 | FD | Fabio Borini | S1 | AM | Jack Grealish |
| FD | Jermain Defoe | | AM | Carles Gil de Pareja |
| S1 | FD | Duncan Watmore | | FD | Rudy Gestede |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Danny Graham | S3S1 | WR | Adama Traore |
| S2 | MD | Ola Toivonen | S2 | FD | Libor Kozak |
| S3 | DR | Sebastian Coates | S3 | WR | Scott Sinclair |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Tim Sherwood |