| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Rimmer | 1 | Peter Shilton | ||
| 2 | Kenny Swain | 2 | Viv Anderson | ||
| 3 | Colin Gibson | 3 | Stuart Gray | ||
| 4 | Allan Evans | 4 | John McGovern | ||
| 5 | Gary Williams | S1 | 5 | Dave Needham | |
| 6 | Eamonn Deacy | 6 | Bryn Gunn | ||
| 7 | Des Bremner | 7 | Gary Mills | ||
| 8 | Gary Shaw | 8 | Peter Ward | ||
| 9 | Peter Withe | 9 | Justin Fashanu | ||
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Colin Walsh | ||
| 11 | Tony Morley | 11 | John Robertson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Mark Proctor | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Saunders | Brian Clough | ||||