| Preston North End |
| (3-4-1-2) |
| 12 | Daniel Iversen |
| 2 | Sepp van den Berg
Yellow Card 90+5' |
| 5 | Patrick Bauer |
| 16 | Andrew Hughes |
| 44 | Brad Potts
Substitution Liam Lindsay (on) 35' |
| 4 | Benjamin Whiteman
Substitution Ryan Ledson (on) 46' |
| 8 | Alan Browne |
| 31 | Scott Sinclair |
| 11 | Daniel Johnson
Goal 57' |
| 19 | Emil Riis Jakobsen
Substitution Ched Evans (on) 53' |
| 21 | Cameron Archer
Goal 74' |
| Substitutes |
| 25 | Connor Ripley |
| 6 | Liam Lindsay
Substitution Liam Lindsay (on) 35' |
| 15 | Joseph Rafferty |
| 41 | Bambo Diaby |
| 18 | Ryan Ledson
Substitution Ryan Ledson (on) 46' |
| 13 | Alistair McCann |
| 9 | Ched Evans
Substitution Ched Evans (on) 53' |
| Manager |
| Ryan Thomas Lowe |
| Reading |
| (4-2-3-1) |
| 26 | Karl Hein |
| 17 | Andy Yiadom |
| 4 | Michael Morrison |
| 3 | Thomas Holmes |
| 21 | Abdul Rahman Baba
Substitution Tom McIntyre (on) 61' |
| 15 | Danny Drinkwater |
| 8 | Andy Rinomhota |
| 9 | Tom Ince
Substitution Brandon Barker (on) 90+5' |
| 10 | John Swift
Goal 55' |
| 23 | Junior Hoilett
Substitution Yakou Meite (on) 67' |
| 18 | Lucas Joao
Goal 2'
Goal 19' |
| Substitutes |
| 22 | Luke Southwood |
| 5 | Tom McIntyre
Substitution Abdul Rahman Baba (off) 61' |
| 49 | Kelvin Abrefa |
| 19 | Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru |
| 33 | Brandon Barker
Substitution Tom Ince (off) 90+5' |
| 11 | Yakou Meite
Substitution Junior Hoilett (off) 67' |
| 32 | Mamadi Camara |
| Manager |
| Veljko Paunovic |
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