| Coventry City | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Suckling | S1 | 1 | Pat Jennings | |
| 2 | Ian Butterworth | 2 | Colin Hill | ||
| 3 | Stuart Pearce | 3 | Brian Sparrow | ||
| 4 | Gerry Daly | 4 | Brian Talbot | ||
| 5 | Trevor Peake | 5 | David O'Leary | ||
| 6 | Sam Allardyce | 6 | Chris Whyte | ||
| 7 | Dave Bennett | 7 | Stewart Robson | ||
| S1 | 8 | Martin Singleton | 8 | Charlie Nicholas | |
| 9 | Nicky Platnauer | 9 | Paul Mariner | ||
| 10 | Terry Gibson | 10 | Tony Woodcock | ||
| 11 | Micky Adams | 11 | Graham Rix | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Graham Withey | S1 | John Kay | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Bobby Gould | Don Howe | ||||