| Chelsea | Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Hilario | GK | Marcus Hahnemann | ||
| S2 | DR | Wayne Bridge | DR | Graeme Murty | |
| DR | Paulo Ferreira | DR | Nicky Shorey | ||
| DR | Ricardo Carvalho | DR | Ivar Ingimarsson | ||
| S3 | MD | Geremi | DR | Ibrahima Sonko | |
| MD | Michael Essien | MD | James Harper | ||
| MD | Frank Lampard | MD | Steve Sidwell | ||
| MD | Michael Ballack | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson | ||
| FD | Salomon Kalou | AM | Glen Little | ||
| FD | Didier Drogba | FD | Leroy Lita | ||
| S1 | FD | Andrei Shevchenko | FD | Kevin Doyle | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | |||
| S2 | DR | Ashley Cole | |||
| S3 | MD | John Obi Mikel | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Jose Mourinho | Steve Coppell | ||||