| Nottingham Forest | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | GK | Eike Immel | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Ian Brightwell | ||
| DR | Des Lyttle | DR | John Foster | ||
| DR | Colin Cooper | DR | Keith Curle | ||
| DR | Steve Chettle | DR | Kit Symons | ||
| S1 | MD | Lars Bohinen | MD | Steve Lomas | |
| MD | Chris Bart-Williams | MD | Georgi Kinkladze | ||
| MD | Steve Stone | MD | Michael Brown | ||
| AM | Ian Woan | AM | Peter Beagrie | ||
| S2 | FD | Bryan Roy | S1 | FD | Gerry Creaney |
| FD | Jason Lee | FD | Uwe Rosler | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Scot Gemmill | S1 | WR | Nicky Summerbee |
| S2 | Andrea Silenzi | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Frank Clark | Alan Ball | ||||