| Coventry City | Newcastle United | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Ogrizovic | GK | Shay Given | ||
| DR | Roland Nilsson | DR | John Beresford | ||
| DR | David Burrows | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Marcus Hall | DR | Alessandro Pistone | ||
| DR | Gary Breen | DR | Darren Peacock | ||
| DR | Richard Shaw | DR | Philippe Albert | ||
| MD | Paul Williams | S1 | MD | David Batty | |
| MD | Gary McAllister | MD | Rob Lee | ||
| AM | Paul Telfer | AM | John Barnes | ||
| WR | Dion Dublin | WR | Keith Gillespie | ||
| S1 | FD | Darren Huckerby | FD | Temur Ketsbaia | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Simon Haworth | S1 | DR | Warren Barton |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Strachan | Kenny Dalglish | ||||