| Manchester City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | GK | Jurgen Macho | ||
| DR | Richard Edghill | DR | Chris Makin | ||
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Gerard Wiekens | S3 | DR | Darren Holloway | |
| DR | Steve Howey | S2 | DR | Stanislav Varga | |
| DR | Spencer Prior | DR | Paul Butler | ||
| MD | Danny Tiatto | MD | Don Hutchison | ||
| MD | Kevin Horlock | S1 | MD | Paul Thirlwell | |
| AM | Mark Kennedy | AM | Kevin Kilbane | ||
| FD | George Weah | FD | Niall Quinn | ||
| FD | Paulo Wanchope | FD | Kevin Phillips | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Eric Roy | |||
| S2 | DR | Steve Bould | |||
| S3 | FD | Michael Reddy | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Joe Royle | Peter Reid | ||||