| Derby County | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mart Poom | GK | David Seaman | ||
| DR | Chris Powell | DR | Lee Dixon | ||
| DR | Gary Rowett | DR | Nigel Winterburn | ||
| DR | Jacob Laursen | DR | Martin Keown | ||
| S2 | DR | Paul McGrath | DR | Steve Bould | |
| DR | Christian Dailly | DR | Tony Adams | ||
| MD | Aljosa Asanovic | MD | David Platt | ||
| MD | Robin van der Laan | S2 | MD | Patrick Vieira | |
| S1 | FD | Darryl Powell | FD | Ian Wright | |
| S3 | FD | Ron Willems | S1 | FD | Paul Merson |
| FD | Ashley Ward | FD | Dennis Bergkamp | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Paul Trollope | S1 | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| S2 | MD | Lee Carsley | S2 | MD | Ray Parlour |
| S3 | Paul Simpson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jim Smith | Arsene Wenger | ||||