| Nottingham Forest | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | GK | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Ally Pickering | ||
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Marcus Hall | ||
| DR | Colin Cooper | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| DR | Steve Chettle | DR | Liam Daish | ||
| MD | Chris Bart-Williams | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| S1 | MD | Scot Gemmill | S1 | MD | Gordon Strachan |
| MD | Steve Stone | MD | Eoin Jess | ||
| WR | Ian Woan | WR | Peter Ndlovu | ||
| S2 | FD | Kevin Campbell | FD | Dion Dublin | |
| FD | Jason Lee | FD | Noel Whelan | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | David Phillips | S1 | WR | John Salako |
| S2 | Bobby Howe | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Frank Clark | Ron Atkinson | ||||