| Nottingham Forest | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | GK | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Ally Pickering | ||
| DR | Des Lyttle | DR | Brian Borrows | ||
| DR | Colin Cooper | DR | David Burrows | ||
| DR | Steve Chettle | DR | Steven Pressley | ||
| MD | Lars Bohinen | S1 | MD | Mike Marsh | |
| MD | David Phillips | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| MD | Steve Stone | S2 | MD | Paul Cook | |
| S2 | AM | Ian Woan | AM | John Williams | |
| S1 | WR | Bryan Roy | WR | Peter Ndlovu | |
| FD | Stan Collymore | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Jason Lee | S1 | DR | Marcus Hall |
| S2 | FD | Paul McGregor | S2 | FD | Roy Wegerle |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Frank Clark | Ron Atkinson | ||||