| Aston Villa | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Bosnich | GK | Eike Immel | ||
| DR | Alan Wright | DR | Ian Brightwell | ||
| DR | Ugo Ehiogu | DR | Keith Curle | ||
| DR | Paul McGrath | DR | Kit Symons | ||
| MD | Steve Staunton | MD | Steve Lomas | ||
| MD | Mark Draper | MD | Georgi Kinkladze | ||
| MD | Andy Townsend | MD | Michael Brown | ||
| WR | Scott Murray | WR | Nicky Summerbee | ||
| S1 | FD | Julian Joachim | FD | Nigel Clough | |
| FD | Savo Milosevic | FD | Niall Quinn | ||
| FD | Tommy Johnson | FD | Uwe Rosler | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Neil Davis | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Little | Alan Ball | ||||