| Derby County | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Martin Taylor | GK | Alan Fettis | ||
| DR | Chris Powell | DR | Des Lyttle | ||
| DR | Jacob Laursen | DR | Vance Warner | ||
| DR | Gary Rowett | DR | Steve Chettle | ||
| MD | Christian Dailly | MD | David Phillips | ||
| MD | Lee Carsley | MD | Brian O'Neil | ||
| MD | Aljosa Asanovic | S2 | MD | Scot Gemmill | |
| AM | Robin van der Laan | AM | Chris Allen | ||
| AM | Paul Trollope | S1 | AM | Ian Woan | |
| FD | Dean Sturridge | FD | Dean Saunders | ||
| S1 | FD | Paulo Wanchope | FD | Pierre Van Hooijdonk | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Ashley Ward | S1 | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland |
| FD | S2 | FD | Ian Moore | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jim Smith | Stuart Pearce | ||||