| Aston Villa | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Spink | 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| 2 | Chris Price | 2 | Brian Borrows | ||
| 3 | Stuart Gray | 3 | Tony Dobson | ||
| 4 | Allan Evans | 4 | Dean Emerson | ||
| 5 | Steve Sims | 5 | Brian Kilcline | ||
| 6 | Martin Keown | 6 | Trevor Peake | ||
| 7 | Paul Birch | 7 | David Phillips | ||
| 8 | David Platt | 8 | David Speedie | ||
| S1 | 9 | Alan McInally | 9 | Cyrille Regis | |
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Gary Bannister | ||
| 11 | Nigel Callaghan | 11 | David Smith | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Ian Olney | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Taylor | John Sillett | ||||