| Everton | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Neville Southall | GK | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| DR | Earl Barrett | S1 | DR | Brian Borrows | |
| DR | Andy Hinchcliffe | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| S1 | DR | David Unsworth | DR | Richard Shaw | |
| DR | Dave Watson | DR | Liam Daish | ||
| MD | Craig Short | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| S2 | MD | Joe Parkinson | MD | Gary McAllister | |
| AM | Nick Barmby | AM | Paul Telfer | ||
| WR | Gary Speed | WR | John Salako | ||
| FD | Andrei Kanchelskis | S2 | FD | Noel Whelan | |
| FD | Graham Stuart | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Michael Branch | S1 | WR | Peter Ndlovu |
| S2 | MD | Tony Grant | S2 | MD | Gordon Strachan |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Joe Royle | Ron Atkinson | ||||