| Manchester City | Leeds United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Eike Immel | GK | John Lukic | ||
| DR | Richard Edghill | DR | John Pemberton | ||
| S1 | DR | Terry Phelan | DR | Nigel Worthington | |
| DR | Keith Curle | DR | Gary Kelly | ||
| DR | Kit Symons | DR | David Wetherall | ||
| MD | Steve Lomas | MD | Andy Couzens | ||
| MD | Georgi Kinkladze | MD | Carlton Palmer | ||
| S2 | MD | Garry Flitcroft | MD | Gary McAllister | |
| FD | Nicky Summerbee | S1 | FD | Rod Wallace | |
| FD | Niall Quinn | FD | Brian Deane | ||
| FD | Uwe Rosler | FD | Tony Yeboah | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Ian Brightwell | S1 | FD | Noel Whelan |
| S2 | Gerry Creaney | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alan Ball | Howard Wilkinson | ||||