| Reading | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Marcus Hahnemann | GK | Craig Gordon | ||
| DR | Graeme Murty | DR | Danny Higginbotham | ||
| DR | Nicky Shorey | DR | Paul McShane | ||
| DR | Ibrahima Sonko | DR | Danny Collins | ||
| DR | Ivar Ingimarsson | MD | Dean Whitehead | ||
| MD | Brynjar Gunnarsson | MD | Grant Leadbitter | ||
| MD | James Harper | S1 | FD | Daryl Murphy | |
| AM | Stephen Hunt | S3 | FD | Michael Chopra | |
| S1 | FD | Bobby Convey | FD | Kenwyne Jones | |
| FD | Kevin Doyle | FD | Dwight Yorke | ||
| FD | Dave Kitson | S2 | FD | Andy Cole | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Shane Long | S1 | MD | Dickson Etuhu |
| S2 | WR | Ross Wallace | |||
| S3 | FD | Anthony Stokes | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Steve Coppell | Roy Keane | ||||