| Reading | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alex McCarthy | GK | Joe Hart | ||
| DR | Chris Gunter | DR | Micah Richards | ||
| DR | Stephen Kelly | DR | Gael Clichy | ||
| DR | Adrian Mariappa | DR | Joleon Lescott | ||
| DR | Sean Morrison | S1 | DR | Kolo Toure | |
| MD | Jem Karacan | MD | James Milner | ||
| S2 | MD | Jobi McAnuff | S2 | MD | Gareth Barry |
| MD | Danny Guthrie | MD | Yaya Toure | ||
| WR | Garath McCleary | WR | David Silva | ||
| WR | Hal Robson-Kanu | S3 | FD | Sergio Aguero | |
| S1 | FD | Pavel Pogrebnyak | FD | Carlos Tevez | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Adam Le Fondre | S1 | DR | Maicon |
| S2 | FD | Nick Blackman | S2 | MD | Javi Garcia |
| S3 | FD | Edin Dzeko | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Nigel Adkins | Brian Kidd | ||||