| Aston Villa | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Nicky Weaver | ||
| DR | Alan Wright | DR | Laurent Charvet | ||
| DR | Gareth Southgate | DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | ||
| DR | Alpay Ozalan | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| S1 | MD | Gareth Barry | DR | Steve Howey | |
| MD | George Boateng | MD | Danny Tiatto | ||
| MD | Lee Hendrie | MD | Jeff Whitley | ||
| AM | Steve Stone | S2 | MD | Kevin Horlock | |
| WR | David Ginola | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | ||
| FD | Paul Merson | FD | Paulo Wanchope | ||
| FD | Dion Dublin | S1 | FD | Shaun Goater | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Mark Delaney | S1 | AM | Mark Kennedy |
| S2 | DR | Gerard Wiekens | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Gregory | Joe Royle | ||||