| Middlesbrough | Stoke City |
|---|
| GK | Victor Valdes | | GK | Shay Given |
| DR | Emilio Nsue | | DR | Phil Bardsley |
| DR | Antonio Barragan | | DR | Erik Pieters |
| DR | George Friend | | DR | Ryan Shawcross |
| DR | Ben Gibson | | DR | Philipp Wollscheid |
| MD | Adam Clayton | | MD | Giannelli Imbula |
| S1 | MD | Marten de Roon | | MD | Glenn Whelan |
| S2 | MD | Gaston Ramirez | | AM | Xherdan Shaqiri |
| AM | Stewart Downing | S2 | FD | Krkic Bojan |
| WR | Albert Adomah | | FD | Marko Arnautovic |
| FD | Alvaro Negredo | S1 | FD | Mame Biram Diouf |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Adam Forshaw | S1 | FD | Jon Walters |
| S2 | FD | David Nugent | S2 | MD | Joe Allen |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Aitor Karanka | | | Mark Hughes |