| Reading | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Marcus Hahnemann | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| S3 | DR | Graeme Murty | | DR | Gary Neville |
| DR | Nicky Shorey | S2 | DR | Gabriel Heinze |
| DR | Ivar Ingimarsson | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Ibrahima Sonko | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | James Harper | | MD | Michael Carrick |
| MD | Steve Sidwell | S3 | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | WR | Ki-Hyeon Seol | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S1 | FD | Leroy Lita | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Kevin Doyle | S1 | AM | Kieran Richardson |
| FD | Bobby Convey | | FD | Wayne Rooney |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson | S1 | FD | Louis Saha |
| S2 | AM | Stephen Hunt | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S3 | DR | Andre Bikey-Amougou | S3 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Coppell | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |