| Coventry City | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Ogrizović | 1 | Tony Norman | ||
| 2 | Brian Borrows | 2 | Gary Owers | ||
| 3 | Paul Edwards | 3 | Tony Smith | ||
| 4 | Peter Billing | 4 | Gary Bennett | ||
| 5 | Brian Kilcline | 5 | Kevin Ball | ||
| 6 | Trevor Peake | 6 | Brian Mooney | ||
| S2 | 7 | Kevin MacDonald | 7 | Paul Bracewell | |
| 8 | Micky Gynn | 8 | Gordon Armstrong | ||
| 9 | Cyrille Regis | 9 | Peter Davenport | ||
| S1 | 10 | Kevin Drinkell | 10 | Marco Gabbiadini | |
| 11 | David Smith | 11 | Colin Pascoe | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Terry Fleming | ||||
| S2 | Lee Hurst | ||||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Terry Butcher | Denis Smith | ||||