| Reading | Chelsea |
|---|
| GK | Marcus Hahnemann | | GK | Petr Cech |
| DR | Graeme Murty | | DR | Ashley Cole |
| DR | Nicky Shorey | S2 | DR | Paulo Ferreira |
| DR | Ivar Ingimarsson | S1 | DR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| S1 | DR | Michael Duberry | | DR | Tal Ben Haim |
| MD | Kalifa Cisse | | MD | Frank Lampard |
| MD | James Harper | S3 | MD | Steve Sidwell |
| AM | Stephen Hunt | | WR | Florent Malouda |
| S3 | AM | John Oster | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Kevin Doyle | | FD | Didier Drogba |
| S2 | FD | Shane Long | | FD | Salomon Kalou |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Andre Bikey-Amougou | S1 | DR | Glen Johnson |
| S2 | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson | S2 | MD | John Obi Mikel |
| S3 | WR | Ki-hyeon Seol | S3 | FD | Claudio Pizarro |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Steve Coppell | | | Jose Mourinho |