| Sunderland | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Lionel Perez | GK | Mark Crossley | ||
| DR | Gareth Hall | DR | Des Lyttle | ||
| DR | Dariusz Kubicki | DR | Stuart Pearce | ||
| DR | Michael Gray | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | ||
| DR | Lee Howey | DR | Colin Cooper | ||
| DR | Richard Ord | DR | Steve Chettle | ||
| MD | Paul Bracewell | MD | David Phillips | ||
| MD | Kevin Ball | MD | Scot Gemmill | ||
| AM | Alex Rae | S1 | AM | Ian Woan | |
| FD | Chris Waddle | FD | Pierre van Hooijdonk | ||
| S1 | FD | Michael Bridges | S2 | FD | Dean Saunders |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Paul Stewart | S1 | FD | Bryan Roy |
| FD | S2 | FD | Ian Moore | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Peter Reid | Stuart Pearce | ||||