| Nottingham Forest | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sutton | 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| 2 | Steve Chettle | 2 | Brian Borrows | ||
| 3 | Stuart Pearce | 3 | Greg Downs | ||
| 4 | Des Walker | 4 | Steve Sedgley | ||
| 5 | Colin Foster | 5 | Brian Kilcline | ||
| 6 | Steve Hodge | 6 | Trevor Peake | ||
| S1 | 7 | Gary Crosby | S1 | 7 | Howard Clark |
| 8 | Neil Webb | 8 | David Speedie | ||
| 9 | Nigel Clough | 9 | Cyrille Regis | ||
| 10 | Lee Chapman | 10 | Keith Houchen | ||
| 11 | Brian Rice | 11 | David Smith | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Terry Wilson | S1 | David Phillips | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | John Sillett | ||||