| Arsenal | Aston Villa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David Seaman | S1 | GK | Mark Bosnich | |
| DR | Lee Dixon | DR | Earl Barrett | ||
| DR | Nigel Winterburn | DR | Bryan Small | ||
| DR | Tony Adams | DR | Shaun Teale | ||
| DR | Martin Keown | DR | Paul McGrath | ||
| MD | Ian Selley | MD | Kevin Richardson | ||
| MD | John Jensen | S2 | MD | Ray Houghton | |
| MD | Anders Limpar | MD | Andy Townsend | ||
| WR | Kevin Campbell | WR | Tony Daley | ||
| FD | Paul Merson | FD | Dalian Atkinson | ||
| FD | Ian Wright | FD | Dean Saunders | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| GK | S1 | GK | Nigel Spink | ||
| FD | S2 | FD | Guy Whittingham | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| George Graham | Ron Atkinson | ||||