| Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mervyn Day | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | Gary Williams | S1 | 2 | Bryn Gunn | |
| 3 | Colin Gibson | 3 | Kenny Swain | ||
| 4 | Allan Evans | 4 | Chris Fairclough | ||
| 5 | Steve Foster | 5 | Paul Hart | ||
| 6 | Steve McMahon | 6 | Ian Bowyer | ||
| 7 | Des Bremner | 7 | Steve Wigley | ||
| 8 | Mark Walters | 8 | Johnny Metgod | ||
| 9 | Peter Withe | 9 | Trevor Christie | ||
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Peter Davenport | ||
| S1 | 11 | Dennis Mortimer | 11 | Steve Hodge | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Paul Rideout | S1 | Gary Mills | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Turner | Brian Clough | ||||