| Sunderland | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Costel Pantilimon | | GK | Jack Butland |
| DR | Patrick van Aanholt | | DR | Erik Pieters |
| DR | DeAndre Yedlin | | DR | Glen Johnson |
| DR | Younes Kaboul | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| S3 | DR | John O'Shea | | DR | Philipp Wollscheid |
| DR | Sebastian Coates | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| MD | Lee Cattermole | S3 | MD | Charlie Adam |
| S2 | MD | Sebastian Larsson | S2 | AM | Xherdan Shaqiri |
| MD | Yann M'Vila | | FD | Marko Arnautovic |
| S1 | FD | Jermain Defoe | | FD | Jon Walters |
| FD | Steven Fletcher | S1 | FD | Krkic Bojan |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Duncan Watmore | S1 | DR | Geoff Cameron |
| S2 | WR | Jeremain Lens | S2 | FD | Mame Biram Diouf |
| S3 | AM | Adam Johnson | S3 | AM | Ibrahim Afellay |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Mark Hughes |