| Arsenal | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Raddy Avramovic | ||
| 2 | Stewart Robson | 2 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Brian Roberts | ||
| S1 | 4 | Chris Whyte | 4 | Martin Singleton | |
| 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Trevor Peake | ||
| 6 | Colin Hill | S1 | 6 | Sam Allardyce | |
| 7 | Alan Sunderland | 7 | Dave Bamber | ||
| 8 | Paul Davis | 8 | Terry Gibson | ||
| 9 | Lee Chapman | 9 | Nicky Platnauer | ||
| 10 | Charlie Nicholas | 10 | Ashley Grimes | ||
| 11 | Graham Rix | 11 | Dave Bennett | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian McDermott | S1 | Graham Withey | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Neill | Bobby Gould | ||||