| Arsenal | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Lukasz Fabianski | | GK | Stuart Taylor |
| DR | Bacary Sagna | | DR | Nicky Shorey |
| S1 | DR | Nacho Monreal | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Per Mertesacker | | DR | Alex Pearce |
| DR | Laurent Koscielny | | DR | Adrian Mariappa |
| MD | Tomas Rosicky | S2 | MD | Jem Karacan |
| MD | Mikel Arteta | | MD | Mikele Leigertwood |
| MD | Aaron Ramsey | | MD | Jobi McAnuff |
| MD | Santi Cazorla | | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| S2 | FD | Olivier Giroud | S3 | WR | Hal Robson-Kanu |
| S3 | FD | Gervinho | S1 | FD | Pavel Pogrebnyak |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | Kieran Gibbs | S1 | FD | Noel Hunt |
| S2 | FD | Lukas Podolski | S2 | MD | Hope Akpan |
| S3 | MD | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | S3 | WR | Garath McCleary |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Nigel Adkins |