| Aston Villa | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Bosnich | GK | Shaka Hislop | ||
| DR | Simon Grayson | DR | John Beresford | ||
| S1 | DR | Alan Wright | DR | Stuart Pearce | |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Ugo Ehiogu | DR | Alessandro Pistone | ||
| DR | Riccardo Scimeca | DR | Steve Howey | ||
| MD | Ian Taylor | MD | David Batty | ||
| MD | Mark Draper | MD | Rob Lee | ||
| WR | Lee Hendrie | WR | Keith Gillespie | ||
| FD | Stan Collymore | S1 | FD | Andreas Andersson | |
| FD | Dwight Yorke | FD | Alan Shearer | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Julian Joachim | S1 | FD | Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Little | Kenny Dalglish | ||||