| Everton | Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | GK | Marcus Hahnemann | ||
| DR | Phil Neville | DR | Graeme Murty | ||
| DR | Joseph Yobo | DR | Nicky Shorey | ||
| DR | Joleon Lescott | DR | Ibrahima Sonko | ||
| DR | Phil Jagielka | MD | Kalifa Cisse | ||
| MD | Mikel Arteta | MD | James Harper | ||
| MD | Tim Cahill | MD | Marek Matejovsky | ||
| MD | Leon Osman | AM | Stephen Hunt | ||
| S1 | MD | Manuel Fernandes | S2 | AM | John Oster |
| MD | Lee Carsley | FD | Kevin Doyle | ||
| FD | Andrew Johnson | S1 | FD | Dave Kitson | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | James Vaughan | S1 | FD | Shane Long |
| S2 | WR | Jimmy Kebe | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| David Moyes | Steve Coppell | ||||