| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mervyn Day | 1 | Hans van Breukelen | ||
| 2 | Gary Williams | 2 | Des Walker | ||
| 3 | Colin Gibson | 3 | Kenny Swain | ||
| 4 | Allan Evans | 4 | Chris Fairclough | ||
| 5 | Brendan Ormsby | 5 | Paul Hart | ||
| 6 | Alan Curbishley | 6 | Ian Bowyer | ||
| 7 | Paul Birch | 7 | Steve Wigley | ||
| 8 | Mark Walters | 8 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 9 | Peter Withe | 9 | Garry Birtles | ||
| 10 | Steve McMahon | 10 | Steve Hodge | ||
| 11 | Paul Rideout | 11 | Colin Walsh | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Tony Barton | Brian Clough | ||||