| Nottingham Forest | Newcastle United |
|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | | GK | Shay Given |
| S2 | DR | Stale Stensaas | | DR | Laurent Charvet |
| DR | Matthieu Louis-Jean | | DR | Didier Domi |
| DR | Alan Rogers | | DR | Warren Barton |
| DR | Thierry Bonalair | S1 | DR | Steve Howey |
| S1 | MD | Richard Gough | | MD | Georgios Georgiadis |
| MD | Steve Chettle | | MD | Silvio Maric |
| MD | Andy Johnson | S2 | MD | Gary Speed |
| MD | Steve Stone | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| FD | Pierre van Hooijdonk | S3 | FD | Louis Saha |
| S3 | FD | Dougie Freedman | | FD | Alan Shearer |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Christian Edwards | S1 | DR | Nikos Dabizas |
| S2 | MD | Chris Bart-Williams | S2 | MD | Rob Lee |
| S3 | FD | Marlon Harewood | S3 | FD | Temur Ketsbaia |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Ron Atkinson | | | Ruud Gullit |