| Bolton Wanderers | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Marcus Hahnemann |
| S1 | DR | Nicky Hunt | S2 | DR | Ulises De la Cruz |
| DR | Tal Ben Haim | | DR | Nicky Shorey |
| DR | Abdoulaye Meite | | DR | Ivar Ingimarsson |
| MD | Andranik Teymourian | | DR | Michael Duberry |
| S3 | MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson |
| MD | Gary Speed | | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| WR | Ricardo Gardner | S1 | AM | John Oster |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | AM | Stephen Hunt |
| FD | Kevin Davies | S3 | FD | Dave Kitson |
| S2 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | FD | Kevin Doyle |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Lubo Michalik | S1 | WR | Ki-Hyeon Seol |
| S2 | MD | David Thompson | S2 | MD | James Harper |
| S3 | AM | Stelios Giannakopoulos | S3 | FD | Shane Long |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sam Allardyce | | | Steve Coppell |