| Coventry City | Nottingham Forest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | 1 | Steve Sutton | ||
| 2 | David Phillips | S1 | 2 | Gary Fleming | |
| S1 | 3 | Greg Downs | 3 | Stuart Pearce | |
| 4 | Lloyd McGrath | 4 | Des Walker | ||
| 5 | Graham Rodger | 5 | Colin Foster | ||
| 6 | Trevor Peake | 6 | Terry Wilson | ||
| 7 | David Speedie | 7 | Franz Carr | ||
| 8 | Steve Sedgley | 8 | Neil Webb | ||
| 9 | Cyrille Regis | 9 | Nigel Clough | ||
| 10 | Keith Houchen | 10 | Paul Wilkinson | ||
| S2 | 11 | Tony Dobson | 11 | Brian Rice | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Brian Borrows | S1 | David Campbell | ||
| S2 | Micky Gynn | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| John Sillett | Brian Clough | ||||