| Arsenal | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Jimmy Rimmer | ||
| 2 | John Hollins | 2 | Kenny Swain | ||
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Colin Gibson | ||
| S1 | 4 | Brian Talbot | 4 | Allan Evans | |
| 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Ken McNaught | ||
| 6 | Willie Young | 6 | Dennis Mortimer | ||
| 7 | Brian McDermott | 7 | Des Bremner | ||
| 8 | Alan Sunderland | 8 | Gary Shaw | ||
| 9 | Frank Stapleton | 9 | Peter Withe | ||
| 10 | Peter Nicholas | 10 | Gordon Cowans | ||
| 11 | Paul Davis | 11 | Tony Morley | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Sammy Nelson | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | Ron Saunders | ||||