Egyptian international Mido opened the scoring for the visitors after just five minutes of the game at The Madejski Stadium and Jermaine Defoe doubled Spurs' lead with a 25-yard volley in first half injury time.
Reading: Hahnemann, Murty, Hunt (Osanu, 81), Sidwell, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Little, Harper, Doyle, Lita, Convey (Hayes, 84). Other subs: Howell, Mullins, Castle, Cox, Boisfer, Hamer.
Spurs: Cerny (Burch, 41), Kelly, Ziegler (Bunjevcevic, 81), King, Gardner, Routledge, Reid (El Hamdaoui, 81), Mendes, Tainio, Defoe, Mido. Other subs: Marney, Jackson.