| Birmingham City | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Freeman | 1 | Paul Barron | ||
| 2 | Jimmy Calderwood | 2 | Pat Rice | ||
| 3 | Mark Dennis | 3 | Sammy Nelson | ||
| 4 | Pat van den Hauwe | 4 | Brian Talbot | ||
| 5 | Joe Gallagher | 5 | David O'Leary | ||
| 6 | Pat Howard | 6 | Willie Young | ||
| 7 | Alan Ainscow | 7 | Liam Brady | ||
| 8 | Paul Ivey | 8 | Alan Sunderland | ||
| 9 | Don Givens | 9 | Frank Stapleton | ||
| S1 | 10 | Stewart Barrowclough | S1 | 10 | David Price |
| 11 | Kevin Dillon | 11 | Graham Rix | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Alan Buckley | S1 | Steve Walford | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jim Smith | Terry Neill | ||||