| Chelsea | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Petr Cech | | GK | Marcus Hahnemann |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | | DR | Graeme Murty |
| DR | Paulo Ferreira | | DR | Nicky Shorey |
| DR | Ricardo Carvalho | | DR | Ivar Ingimarsson |
| DR | Alex Dias da Costa | | MD | Kalifa Cisse |
| MD | Claude Makelele | | MD | James Harper |
| MD | Joe Cole | | AM | Stephen Hunt |
| MD | Michael Ballack | S1 | AM | John Oster |
| S1 | WR | Florent Malouda | S2 | FD | Bobby Convey |
| S2 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | | FD | Leroy Lita |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | | FD | Kevin Doyle |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Claudio Pizarro | S1 | MD | Marek Matejovsky |
| S2 | MD | Steve Sidwell | S2 | DR | Liam Rosenior |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Avram Grant | | | Steve Coppell |