| Nottingham Forest | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Crossley | 1 | Tony Norman | ||
| 2 | Brian Laws | 2 | John Kay | ||
| 3 | Stuart Pearce | 3 | Paul Hardyman | ||
| 4 | Des Walker | 4 | Gary Bennett | ||
| 5 | Steve Chettle | 5 | Kevin Ball | ||
| S1 | 6 | Steve Hodge | 6 | Gary Owers | |
| 7 | Gary Crosby | 7 | Paul Bracewell | ||
| 8 | Roy Keane | 8 | Gordon Armstrong | ||
| 9 | Nigel Clough | 9 | Peter Davenport | ||
| 10 | Nigel Jemson | S1 | 10 | Marco Gabbiadini | |
| 11 | Garry Parker | 11 | Colin Pascoe | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | Phil Starbuck | S1 | Warren Hawke | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Brian Clough | Denis Smith | ||||