| Coventry City | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Chris Kirkland | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Marc Edworthy | DR | Alan Wright | ||
| DR | Gary Breen | DR | Gareth Southgate | ||
| DR | Paul Williams | DR | Alpay Ozalan | ||
| DR | Muhamed Konjic | MD | Gareth Barry | ||
| S1 | MD | Youssef Chippo | S1 | MD | Ian Taylor |
| MD | David Thompson | MD | George Boateng | ||
| MD | Mustapha Hadji | MD | Lee Hendrie | ||
| AM | Paul Telfer | AM | Steve Stone | ||
| S3 | FD | Ysrael Zuniga | FD | Dion Dublin | |
| S2 | FD | Cedric Roussel | FD | Paul Merson | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | John Eustace | S1 | DR | Mark Delaney |
| S2 | FD | John Aloisi | |||
| S3 | MD | Carlton Palmer | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Gordon Strachan | John Gregory | ||||