| Aston Villa | Coventry City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nigel Spink | GK | Steve Ogrizovic | ||
| DR | Earl Barrett | DR | Steve Morgan | ||
| DR | Shaun Teale | DR | Peter Atherton | ||
| DR | Steve Staunton | DR | Phil Babb | ||
| DR | Paul McGrath | DR | David Rennie | ||
| MD | Kevin Richardson | MD | Lloyd McGrath | ||
| MD | Gordon Cowans | MD | Willie Boland | ||
| AM | Andy Townsend | S1 | AM | John Williams | |
| WR | Dalian Atkinson | WR | Peter Ndlovu | ||
| S1 | FD | Guy Whittingham | S2 | FD | Roy Wegerle |
| FD | Dean Saunders | FD | Micky Quinn | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | DR | Ray Houghton | S1 | DR | Paul Williams |
| WR | S2 | WR | Tony Sheridan | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Ron Atkinson | Bobby Gould | ||||