| Aston Villa | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Michael Oakes | GK | Magnus Hedman | ||
| DR | Simon Grayson | DR | Roland Nilsson | ||
| S2 | DR | Steve Watson | DR | David Burrows | |
| DR | Alan Wright | DR | Richard Shaw | ||
| DR | Gareth Southgate | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| MD | Riccardo Scimeca | MD | George Boateng | ||
| S1 | MD | Ian Taylor | MD | Gary McAllister | |
| AM | Lee Hendrie | AM | Paul Telfer | ||
| WR | Dion Dublin | WR | Steve Froggatt | ||
| FD | Paul Merson | S1 | FD | Darren Huckerby | |
| FD | Julian Joachim | FD | John Aloisi | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S3S1 | WR | Mark Draper | S1 | WR | Gary McSheffrey |
| S2 | Gareth Barry | ||||
| S3 | Stan Collymore | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Gregory | Gordon Strachan | ||||