| West Ham United | Reading |
|---|
| GK | Jussi Jaaskelainen | | GK | Alex McCarthy |
| DR | Guy Demel | | DR | Chris Gunter |
| S3 | DR | Joey O'Brien | | DR | Stephen Kelly |
| DR | Winston Reid | | DR | Sean Morrison |
| DR | James Collins | | DR | Kaspars Gorkss |
| MD | Kevin Nolan | | MD | Jem Karacan |
| MD | Mark Noble | | MD | Jobi McAnuff |
| MD | Mohamed Diame | | MD | Danny Guthrie |
| S1 | MD | Joe Cole | | WR | Garath McCleary |
| FD | Andy Carroll | S2 | WR | Hal Robson-Kanu |
| S2 | FD | Ricardo Vaz Te | S1 | FD | Pavel Pogrebnyak |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | MD | Jack Collison | S1 | FD | Nick Blackman |
| S2 | FD | Modibo Maiga | S2 | FD | Adam Le Fondre |
| S3 | MD | Matt Taylor | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sam Allardyce | | | Nigel Adkins |