| Manchester City | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nicky Weaver | GK | Magnus Hedman | ||
| S1 | DR | Richard Edghill | DR | Marc Edworthy | |
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Marcus Hall | ||
| DR | Gerard Wiekens | DR | Paul Williams | ||
| DR | Steve Howey | DR | Richard Shaw | ||
| DR | Spencer Prior | S1 | MD | Youssef Chippo | |
| MD | Danny Tiatto | MD | Carlton Palmer | ||
| MD | Kevin Horlock | MD | John Eustace | ||
| S2 | AM | Mark Kennedy | AM | Paul Telfer | |
| FD | George Weah | FD | Craig Bellamy | ||
| FD | Paulo Wanchope | FD | Cedric Roussel | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Tony Grant | S1 | MD | David Thompson |
| S2 | FD | Paul Dickov | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Joe Royle | Gordon Strachan | ||||