| Manchester City | Reading | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | GK | Adam Federici | ||
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | S2 | DR | Ian Harte | |
| DR | Kolo Toure | S3 | DR | Nicky Shorey | |
| DR | Matija Nastasic | DR | Alex Pearce | ||
| S1 | MD | Javi Garcia | DR | Adrian Mariappa | |
| MD | Gareth Barry | S1 | MD | Jem Karacan | |
| MD | Yaya Toure | MD | Mikele Leigertwood | ||
| S3 | MD | James Milner | MD | Jobi McAnuff | |
| WR | David Silva | MD | Jay Tabb | ||
| FD | Sergio Aguero | WR | Jimmy Kebe | ||
| S2 | FD | Carlos Tevez | FD | Pavel Pogrebnyak | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Edin Dzeko | S1 | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| S2 | WR | Scott Sinclair | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Roberto Mancini | Brian McDermott | ||||