| Newcastle United | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Tim Krul | | GK | Adam Federici |
| DR | Davide Santon | | DR | Ian Harte |
| DR | Mathieu Debuchy | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Fabricio Coloccini | | DR | Alex Pearce |
| DR | Mike Williamson | | DR | Adrian Mariappa |
| S2 | MD | Yohan Cabaye | | MD | Mikele Leigertwood |
| S3 | MD | Vurnon Anita | | MD | Jobi McAnuff |
| S1 | MD | Sylvain Marveaux | S2 | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| AM | Jonas Gutierrez | | WR | Jimmy Kebe |
| FD | Papiss Cisse | S1 | WR | Garath McCleary |
| FD | Shola Ameobi | | FD | Pavel Pogrebnyak |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | DR | James Perch | S1 | MD | Hope Akpan |
| S2 | MD | Gael Bigirimana | S2 | FD | Adam Le Fondre |
| S3 | WR | Gabriel Obertan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Alan Pardew | | | Brian McDermott |