| Arsenal | Birmingham City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Jeff Wealands | ||
| S1 | 2 | John Devine | 2 | David Langan | |
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Mark Dennis | ||
| 4 | Brian Talbot | 4 | Kevin Dillon | ||
| 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Joe Gallagher | ||
| 6 | Willie Young | 6 | Colin Todd | ||
| 7 | Paul Davis | 7 | Alan Ainscow | ||
| 8 | Alan Sunderland | S1 | 8 | Tony Evans | |
| 9 | Frank Stapleton | 9 | Frank Worthington | ||
| 10 | Peter Nicholas | 10 | Archie Gemmill | ||
| 11 | Graham Rix | 11 | Kevan Broadhurst | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian McDermott | S1 | Keith Bertschin | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | Jim Smith | ||||