| Manchester City | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Coton | 1 | Steve Ogrizović | ||
| 2 | Ian Brightwell | 2 | Brian Borrows | ||
| 3 | Neil Pointon | 3 | Paul Edwards | ||
| S2 | 4 | Peter Reid | S1 | 4 | Kevin MacDonald |
| 5 | Colin Hendry | 5 | Brian Kilcline | ||
| 6 | Steve Redmond | 6 | Trevor Peake | ||
| S1 | 7 | David White | 7 | Kevin Gallacher | |
| 8 | Adrian Heath | 8 | Micky Gynn | ||
| 9 | Niall Quinn | 9 | Cyrille Regis | ||
| 10 | Alan Harper | 10 | Steve Livingstone | ||
| 11 | Mark Ward | S2 | 11 | José Perdomo | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Mark Brennan | S1 | Dean Emerson | ||
| S2 | Clive Allen | S2 | David Smith | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Howard Kendall | John Sillett | ||||