| Aston Villa | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Rimmer | 1 | Jeff Wealands | ||
| 2 | Kenny Swain | 2 | David Langan | ||
| 3 | Gary Williams | 3 | Phil Hawker | ||
| 4 | Allan Evans | 4 | Alan Curbishley | ||
| 5 | Ken McNaught | 5 | Joe Gallagher | ||
| 6 | Dennis Mortimer | 6 | Colin Todd | ||
| 7 | Des Bremner | 7 | Alan Ainscow | ||
| 8 | Gary Shaw | 8 | Keith Bertschin | ||
| 9 | David Geddis | 9 | Frank Worthington | ||
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Archie Gemmill | ||
| 11 | Tony Morley | S1 | 11 | Kevin Dillon | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Steve Lynex | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Saunders | Jim Smith | ||||