| Nottingham Forest | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans van Breukelen | 1 | Raddy Avramovic | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Brian Roberts | ||
| 3 | Kenny Swain | 3 | Stuart Pearce | ||
| 4 | Bryn Gunn | 4 | Gerry Daly | ||
| 5 | Chris Fairclough | 5 | Trevor Peake | ||
| 6 | Ian Bowyer | 6 | Sam Allardyce | ||
| S1 | 7 | Steve Wigley | 7 | Dave Bennett | |
| 8 | Steve Hodge | 8 | Micky Gynn | ||
| 9 | Garry Birtles | S1 | 9 | Graham Withey | |
| 10 | Peter Davenport | 10 | Ashley Grimes | ||
| 11 | Colin Walsh | 11 | Nicky Platnauer | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Wallace | S1 | Ian Butterworth | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Bobby Gould | ||||