| Aston Villa | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Burridge | 1 | Dave Latchford | ||
| 2 | John Gidman | 2 | Malcolm Page | ||
| 3 | Gordon Smith | 3 | Archie Styles | ||
| 4 | Leighton Phillips | S1 | 4 | Howard Kendall | |
| 5 | Chris Nicholl | 5 | Joe Gallagher | ||
| 6 | Dennis Mortimer | 6 | Tony Want | ||
| 7 | Ray Graydon | 7 | Gary Jones | ||
| 8 | Brian Little | 8 | Trevor Francis | ||
| 9 | Andy Gray | 9 | Kenny Burns | ||
| S1 | 10 | John Robson | 10 | Terry Hibbitt | |
| 11 | Frank Carrodus | 11 | John Connolly | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Steve Hunt | S1 | Jimmy Calderwood | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Saunders | Willie Bell | ||||