| Birmingham City | Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Maik Taylor | GK | Marcus Hahnemann | ||
| DR | Stephen Kelly | DR | Graeme Murty | ||
| DR | Mat Sadler | DR | Nicky Shorey | ||
| DR | Rafael Schmitz | DR | Ibrahima Sonko | ||
| DR | Liam Ridgewell | DR | Ivar Ingimarsson | ||
| MD | Sebastian Larsson | S1 | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson | |
| MD | Damien Johnson | MD | James Harper | ||
| MD | Fabrice Muamba | AM | Stephen Hunt | ||
| WR | Gary McSheffrey | S2 | FD | Bobby Convey | |
| S1 | FD | Mikael Forssell | FD | Kevin Doyle | |
| FD | Cameron Jerome | FD | Dave Kitson | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Garry O'Connor | S1 | MD | Kalifa Cisse |
| S2 | FD | Shane Long | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Alex McLeish | Steve Coppell | ||||