| Manchester City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Andy Dibble | GK | Mark Crossley | ||
| DR | Andy Hill | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | ||
| DR | Richard Edghill | DR | Stuart Pearce | ||
| DR | Terry Phelan | DR | Colin Cooper | ||
| DR | Ian Brightwell | DR | Steve Chettle | ||
| MD | Steve Lomas | MD | David Phillips | ||
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | MD | Lars Bohinen | ||
| MD | Peter Beagrie | S1 | MD | Scot Gemmill | |
| AM | Nicky Summerbee | S2 | AM | Kingsley Black | |
| AM | Paul Walsh | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Stan Collymore | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| FD | S1 | FD | Jason Lee | ||
| WR | S2 | WR | Ian Woan | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Horton | Frank Clark | ||||