| Arsenal | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Jennings | 1 | Mervyn Day | ||
| 2 | Viv Anderson | 2 | Gary Williams | ||
| 3 | Kenny Sansom | 3 | Colin Gibson | ||
| 4 | Brian Talbot | 4 | Allan Evans | ||
| 5 | David O'Leary | 5 | Brendan Ormsby | ||
| S1 | 6 | Tommy Caton | 6 | Steve McMahon | |
| 7 | Stewart Robson | 7 | Paul Birch | ||
| 8 | Paul Davis | 8 | Paul Kerr | ||
| 9 | Paul Mariner | 9 | Peter Withe | ||
| 10 | Tony Woodcock | 10 | Gordon Cowans | ||
| 11 | Charlie Nicholas | S1 | 11 | Didier Six | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Allinson | S1 | Tony Dorigo | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Don Howe | Graham Turner | ||||