| Coventry City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Ogrizovic | GK | Mark Crossley | ||
| DR | Brian Borrows | DR | Des Lyttle | ||
| DR | Steve Morgan | DR | Stuart Pearce | ||
| DR | Steven Pressley | DR | Colin Cooper | ||
| S1 | DR | Dave Busst | DR | Steve Chettle | |
| MD | Julian Darby | S1 | MD | David Phillips | |
| MD | Sean Flynn | MD | Lars Bohinen | ||
| MD | Paul Cook | S2 | MD | Scot Gemmill | |
| AM | Cobi Jones | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| WR | Peter Ndlovu | WR | Ian Woan | ||
| S2 | FD | Roy Wegerle | FD | Stan Collymore | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Ally Pickering | S1 | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland |
| S2 | FD | Micky Quinn | S2 | FD | Paul McGregor |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Phil Neal | Frank Clark | ||||