| Nottingham Forest | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | GK | John Burridge | ||
| DR | Des Lyttle | DR | Richard Edghill | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Alan Kernaghan | ||
| DR | Colin Cooper | DR | Keith Curle | ||
| MD | Steve Chettle | MD | Fitzroy Simpson | ||
| MD | David Phillips | S1 | MD | Maurizio Gaudino | |
| MD | Scot Gemmill | MD | Garry Flitcroft | ||
| WR | Steve Stone | WR | Peter Beagrie | ||
| WR | Ian Woan | WR | Nicky Summerbee | ||
| FD | Stan Collymore | FD | Paul Walsh | ||
| S1 | FD | Bryan Roy | FD | Niall Quinn | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Jason Lee | S1 | MD | Scott Thomas |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Frank Clark | Brian Horton | ||||