| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest |
|---|
| GK | Michael Oakes | | GK | Mark Crossley |
| S2 | DR | Steve Watson | | DR | Des Lyttle |
| DR | Alan Wright | S2 | DR | Stale Stensaas |
| DR | Colin Calderwood | | DR | Matthieu Louis-Jean |
| DR | Gareth Southgate | | DR | Alan Rogers |
| DR | Ian Taylor | | DR | Jesper Mattsson |
| DR | Mark Draper | | DR | Steve Chettle |
| S3 | DR | Steve Stone | | DR | Jon Olav Hjelde |
| S1 | MD | Dion Dublin | S1 | MD | Andy Johnson |
| FD | Paul Merson | S3 | FD | Dougie Freedman |
| FD | Julian Joachim | | FD | Marlon Harewood |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Gareth Barry | S1 | MD | Chris Bart-Williams |
| S2 | FD | Ugo Ehiogu | S2 | FD | Pierre van Hooijdonk |
| S3 | FD | Mark Delaney | S3 | FD | Neil Shipperley |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | John Gregory | | | Ron Atkinson |