| Aston Villa | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Spink | 1 | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| 2 | Chris Price | 2 | Brian Borrows | ||
| 3 | Stuart Gray | 3 | Tony Dobson | ||
| 4 | Paul McGrath | 4 | Kevin MacDonald | ||
| 5 | Derek Mountfield | 5 | Peter Billing | ||
| 6 | Kent Nielsen | 6 | Trevor Peake | ||
| 7 | Tony Daley | 7 | Micky Gynn | ||
| 8 | David Platt | 8 | David Speedie | ||
| S1 | 9 | Ian Olney | S1 | 9 | Cyrille Regis |
| 10 | Gordon Cowans | 10 | Kevin Drinkell | ||
| 11 | Ian Ormondroyd | S2 | 11 | David Smith | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Gareth Williams | S1 | Gary Bannister | ||
| S2 | Steve Livingstone | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Graham Taylor | John Sillett | ||||