| Manchester City | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Andreas Isaksson | | GK | Marcus Hahnemann |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Graeme Murty |
| S1 | DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Nicky Shorey |
| DR | Javier Garrido | | DR | Ibrahima Sonko |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Ivar Ingimarsson |
| MD | Stephen Ireland | | MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson |
| S3 | MD | Elano | | MD | James Harper |
| MD | Didi Hamann | | AM | Stephen Hunt |
| MD | Gelson Fernandes | | FD | Bobby Convey |
| WR | Martin Petrov | S1 | FD | Kevin Doyle |
| S2 | FD | Emile Mpenza | | FD | Dave Kitson |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Sun Jihai | S1 | FD | Shane Long |
| S2 | FD | Georgios Samaras | | | |
| S3 | MD | Geovanni | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Steve Coppell |