Sunderland
  Rotherham United
Managers
David Moyes
(Sunderland)
Alan Stubbs
(Rotherham United)
Notes
New manager David Moyes was appointed only 5 hours before the match, so coaches Robbie Stockdale and Paul Bracewell selected and managed the team on the day whilst Moyes watched from the stands.
Jordan Pickford 46
Josh Robson
Patrick van Aanholt
Jack Rodwell
Lamine Kone 85
Younes Kaboul 77
Fabio Borini 1 56
Charles N'Zogbia 1
Jermain Defoe 75
Jeremain Lens 86
Wahbi Khazri 65
Substitutes
Vito Mannone
46   Jordan Pickford
Maksymilian Stryjek
Thomas Robson
Michael Ledger
77   Younes Kaboul
Ethan Robson
85   Lamine Kone
George Honeyman
75   Jermain Defoe
Rees Greenwood
86   Jeremain Lens
Lynden Gooch
65   Wahbi Khazri
Duncan Watmore
56   Fabio Borini
Joel Asoro
Lee Camp
Stephen Kelly
Kirk Broadfoot
Anthony Forde
Joe Mattock 36
Greg Halford 40
Richard Wood
Lee Frecklington 69
Jerry Yates 1
Daniel Ward 86
Richard Smallwood 77
Substitutes
Lewis Price
Tom Thorpe
36   Joe Mattock
Jake Forster-Caskey
40   Greg Halford
Chris Dawson
69   Lee Frecklington
Darnelle Bailey-King
77   Richard Smallwood
Kuda Muskwe
86   Daniel Ward
Goals
Fabio Borini 30  min
Jerry Yates 46  min
Charles N'Zogbia 84  min