The Iron entered their away clash at Reading making one change from the side that drew 1-1 at Barnsley.
Joe Murphy, who was suspended for a game after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season at Oakwell, sat out so Josh Lillis came in for him.
The defence consisted of Cliff Byrne, David Mirfin, Rob Jones and Marcus Williams, while Garry Thompson, Sam Togwell, Josh Wright and Grant McCann formed the midfield.
Up front were Paul Hayes and Gary Hooper.
The substitutes were Sam Slocombe, Andrew Wright, George Friend, Jordan Spence, Matt Sparrow, Michael O'Connor and Jonathan Forte.
TEAM LINE-UPS
Reading: Federici, Cisse, Tabb, Matejovsky, McAnuff, Ingimarsson, Robson-Kanu, Rasiak, Sigurdsson, Pearce, Cummings.
Substitutes: Armstrong, Mills, Gunnarsson, Kebe, Karacan, Hamer, O'Dea.
Scunthorpe United: Lillis, Byrne, Mirfin, Jones, Williams, Thompson, Togwell, J. Wright, McCann, Hayes, Hooper.
Substitutes: Slocombe, A. Wright, Friend, Spence, Sparrow, O'Connor, Forte.
Referee: A. Bates.
