Sunderland
  Middlesbrough
Managers
Roy Keane
(Sunderland)
Gareth Southgate
(Middlesbrough)
Notes
Mido was due to start for Middlesbrough but was injured in pre-match warm up, so Alves started and Boro were a sub short. Stewart Downing sent a penalty over the bar in the 16th minute.
Craig Gordon
Pascal Chimbonda
George McCartney
Teemu Tainio 45
Nyron Nosworthy
Anton Ferdinand
Steed Malbranque
Dean Whitehead
Dijbril Cissé 69
El Hadji Diouf 68
Kieran Richardson 71
Substitutes
Marton Fulop
Phil Bardsley
Danny Collins
Andy Reid
68   El Hadji Diouf
Grant Leadbitter
Daryl Murphy
69   Dijbril Cissé
Michael Chopra 2 83
45   Teemu Tainio
Ross Turnbull
David Wheater
Andrew Taylor
Gary O'Neil 63
Robert Huth 80
Emanuel Pogatetz
Jeremie Aliadiere
Didier Digard 68
Afonso Alves
Adam Johnson 68
Stewart Downing
Substitutes
Brad Jones
Justin Hoyte
68   Adam Johnson
Chris Riggott
Julio Arca
Mohamed Shawky 77
68   Didier Digard
Joshua Walker
Goals
Michael Chopra 81  min
Michael Chopra 90  min