| Liverpool | Middlesbrough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Clemence | 1 | Jim Platt | ||
| 2 | Phil Neal | 2 | John Craggs | ||
| 3 | Joey Jones | 3 | Terry Cooper | ||
| 4 | Phil Thompson | 4 | Graeme Souness | ||
| 5 | Ray Kennedy | 5 | Stuart Boam | ||
| 6 | Emlyn Hughes | 6 | Willie Maddren | ||
| 7 | Kevin Keegan | 7 | Tony McAndrew | ||
| S1 | 8 | David Johnson | 8 | David Mills | |
| 9 | Steve Heighway | S1 | 9 | John Hickton | |
| 10 | Terry McDermott | 10 | Phil Boersma | ||
| 11 | Ian Callaghan | 11 | David Armstrong | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Jimmy Case | S1 | Alan Willey | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bob Paisley | Jack Charlton | ||||