| Nottingham Forest | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Dave Beasant | GK | Michael Oakes | ||
| DR | Craig Armstrong | DR | Steve Watson | ||
| DR | Thierry Bonalair | DR | Alan Wright | ||
| DR | Steve Chettle | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| DR | Jon Olav Hjelde | DR | Ugo Ehiogu | ||
| S1 | MD | Scot Gemmill | MD | Ian Taylor | |
| MD | Nigel Quashie | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| MD | Chris Bart-Williams | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| FD | Steve Stone | FD | Dion Dublin | ||
| FD | Pierre van Hooijdonk | S1 | FD | Paul Merson | |
| S2 | FD | Dougie Freedman | FD | Julian Joachim | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Andy Johnson | S1 | MD | Alan Thompson |
| S2 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Dave Bassett | John Gregory | ||||