| Round 3 | | Birmingham City | 1 | 56p Jancker | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Hegley 6½ | | Attendance: | 25,792 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 13-7 | | MoM: | Chimbonda |
| | 49 Jancker, 52 Scowcroft, 72 Baldé | | (4-3-3): Luzi 7, Chimbonda 8, Pieri 7, Dabo 7 (84 Stearman 6), Baldé 7, Purse 6, Benayoun 6½ (74 Rodríguez 6), Míchel 6, Jancker 6½, Scowcroft 6, Williams 5½ | | West Ham United | 0 |
| | 48 Diouf, 84 Rundle | | (4-3-3): Howard 7½, Anderson 6½, Sadler 7½, Preuss 7, Mears 6½, Livesey 5½, Diouf 6½, Park 7½, Beattie 6, Whittingham 5½, Rundle 5½ | | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 7 Pires | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Furnandiz 6½ | | Attendance: | 41,325 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 8-20 | | MoM: | Shorey |
| | 29 Duff | | (4-3-3): Almunia 7, Belletti 7½, Maxwell 6, Carrick 7, Givet 7, Planus 7½, Navas 6½, Pires 7, Anelka 6½, Guđjohnsen 6½, Duff 5½ | | Portsmouth | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Provett 7½, Geremi 7, Shorey 8, Pedro Mendes 7, Nelsen 8, Jaďdi 6½, Stalteri 6½, Ball 7, Carew 6½, Maccarone 6, Heskey 6 | | Brighton & HA | 2 | 33 Di Natale, 76 Di Natale | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Ryan 6½ | | Attendance: | 10,889 | | Possession: | 41%-59% | | Total shots: | 7-22 | | MoM: | Izzet |
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| | (4-3-3): Macho 6½, Sommeil 7½, Naylor 8, Welsh 7, Frampton 6, Queudrue 7½, Galásek 8, Tremarco 5½, Keogh 6½, Williams 6 (61 Doughty 5½), Di Natale 5½ | | Middlesbrough | 1 | 58 Ambrose | | 8 Marx | | (4-3-3): Schwarzer 7, Colin 7½, Bernard 6 (80 Wright-Phillips 6), Izzet 8, Chilvers 7, Wright 6, Marx 7, Van Der Meyde 7½, Bangoura 7½, Ambrose 7½, Cureton 7 | | Cambridge United | 2 | 4 Nishizawa, 26 Geary | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Oliver 5½ | | Attendance: | 9,608 | | Possession: | 46%-54% | | Total shots: | 9-15 | | MoM: | Kisnorbo | | TV: | highlights |
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| | (4-3-3): Foster 7½, Geary 8, Kisnorbo 8, Mahon 7½, Swailes 6½, Otsemobor 6, Jones 7, Bisgaard 7, Nishizawa 7, Williams 6 (84 Ross 6), Fagan 5½ | | Ipswich Town | 1 | 69 Garrido | | 34 Zakuani, 66 Nielsen | | (4-3-3): Pressman 7, Weir 7, Garrido 7½, Whelan 6, Nielsen 6, Zakuani 6, Davies 8, Bierofka 7, González 6½, Holland 6½, Dani 5½ | | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 74 Hughes | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Foster 7 | | Attendance: | 5,998 | | Possession: | 50%-50% | | Total shots: | 19-9 | | MoM: | Viveros | | TV: | live |
| | 15 Reid | | (4-3-3): Montoya 5½, Hughes 7½, Gilberto 8, Dica 8, Ghionea 6½ (55 Viveros 8), Cahill 6½, Osman 7½, Reid 7, Eduardo 6½, Jones 5½, Afonso Alves 5½ | | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 22 Zabaleta, 72 McCulloch | | 64 Ashton, 68 Valera, 78 McCulloch | | (4-3-3): Gomes 6½, Rafinha 6½, Powell 7, Kruska 7½, Dawson 7, Valera 5½, Zabaleta 7½, McCulloch 6½, Llorente 6½, Ashton 5½, Milito 6½ | | Everton | 1 | 3 Yeste | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Wilkes 6½ | | Attendance: | 37,872 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 21-12 | | MoM: | Hofland |
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| | (4-3-3): Roma 7, Seitaridis 6½, Placente 7, Javi García 8, Hofland 8½, Juanito 6½, Schneider 7, Yeste 7½, Saha 6, Odonkor 6, Mutu 8 | | Derby County | 1 | 25 Gresko | | 6 Burton, 27 Oakley, 80 Tyson | | (4-3-3): Cudicini 7, Hoefkens 7, Gresko 5½, Kapo 7, Ridgewell 6, Elliott 6½, Hales 6, Young 6½, Burton 5½, Oakley 6½, Tyson 6 | | Fulham | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Cain 6½ | | Attendance: | 24,111 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 11-19 | | MoM: | Yorke |
| | 17 Gilberto Silva | | (4-3-3): Gabulov 7, Beye 6, Hanstveit 6½, Gilberto Silva 7½, Drobný 7, Korzynietz 6, Balitsch 7 (77 Delgado 6), Kolesnicenko 6, Allbäck 6½, Jarosík 6½, Dagnall 6 | | Leicester City | 1 | 77 Wörns |
| | (4-3-3): Preda 7, Croft 7, Kilbane 7½, Yorke 8, Wörns 7½, Grondin 6½, Castromán 7½, Grřnkjćr 8, Mwaruwari 7½, McFadden 6½, Sibierski 7 | | Leyton Orient | 1 | 49 Mantzios | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Pugh 6½ | | Attendance: | 13,810 | | Possession: | 62%-38% | | Total shots: | 22-7 | | MoM: | Filipescu |
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| | (4-3-3): De Vlieger 7, Hunt 6½, Traoré 7, Nolan 7½, Filipescu 7½, Turner 7, Sena 6½, Carrusca 7½, Mantzios 7, Eduardo Costa 7, Ilan 5½ | | Manchester City | 1 | 62 Trojan | | 19 Green, 76 N'Zigou | | (4-4-2): Lehmann 6, Melchiot 7, Fábio Aurélio 7½, Steiner 6½, Materazzi 7, Scharner 6, Green 6, Trojan 7, N'Zigou 6, Carruthers 5½, Rodriguez 6½ | | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 32 Guđjónsson | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Lynch 5 | | Attendance: | 24,538 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 13-9 | | MoM: | Inamoto |
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| | (4-3-3): Rüstü 7½, Cannavaro 7, Kilgallon 6½, Murray 7½, Madlung 7, Webster 7, Quinn 7, Kobiashvili 7½, Michie 6, Guđjónsson 6½, Rubén 6 | | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Eleftheropoulos 7½, Demel 7, Fernando 6½, Inamoto 7½, Emre 7½, Ferronetti 6½ (59 Rix 6½), Johnson 6, José Mari 7½, Johnson 7½, Sculli 5½, Johnsen 6½ | | Preston North End | 1 | 54 Olembé | | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Lomas 6½ | | Attendance: | 21,306 | | Possession: | 43%-57% | | Total shots: | 11-22 | | MoM: | Nesmachnyi |
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| | (4-3-3): Kolinko 6, Borrowdale 5½, Atouba 6, Svensson 8, Loovens 6, Maínz 6, Chadwick 5½, Olembé 7, Vernon 6½, Tonge 6½, Németh 6 | | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 27 Hamit, 41 Zanetti, 74p Kerzhakov |
| | (4-3-3): Volkan 6, Zanetti 8, Nesmachnyi 8½, Cahill 8, Rusol 8, Zebina 6, Hamit 7, Montolivo 7½, Kerzhakov 7, Zanetti 6½ (75 Evseev 6½), Nihat 6½ | | Rotherham United | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Hall 6 | | Attendance: | 16,432 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 9-13 | | MoM: | Hyypiä |
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| | (4-3-3): Taylor 5½, O'Brien 7, Bratic 7½, Cregg 7½, Collins 6½, Morgan 5, Davis 7½, Quinn 6, Stajner 7½, Cooper 6, Bruggink 7 | | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 15 Semak, 18 Mido, 72 Contra | | 43 Hyypiä, 73 Murphy | | (4-3-3): Sřrensen 6½, Contra 7½, Babayaro 7, Carsley 6½, Hyypiä 7½, Shershun 6½, Dyer 7, Robert 5½, Mido 7, Murphy 6, Semak 7½ | | Tranmere Rovers | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Olivier 6 | | Attendance: | 16,679 | | Possession: | 58%-42% | | Total shots: | 12-13 | | MoM: | Solano |
| | 24 Paulinho | | (4-3-3): Green 6½, Solano 8, Roberts 7, Óscar 7, Méité 6½, Sonko 6½, Reid 8, Paulinho 7, Vittek 7½, Ameobi 6, Cotterill 6 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 10 Dickov, 32 Healy |
| | (4-3-3): Sereni 6½, Lescott 6, Wright 6½, Kavanagh 6½, Moore 6½, Carter 6, Humphreys 5½, Hunt 6, Dickov 6½, Booth 5½, Healy 7 | | Round 4 | | Derby County | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Leake 6½ | | Attendance: | 31,880 | | Possession: | 41%-59% | | Total shots: | 7-17 | | MoM: | Osman |
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| | (4-3-3): Cudicini 7½, Hoefkens 6, Gresko 8, Kapo 7, Ridgewell 7½, Convey 6, Hales 6, Young 6½, Burton 6½, Oakley 6½, Tyson 6 | | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 31 Gilberto |
| | (4-3-3): Montoya 7, Hughes 7, Gilberto 7, Dica 8, Ghionea 7, Cahill 6½, Osman 8, Reid 8, Eduardo 7, Jones 6½, Afonso Alves 6½ | | Ipswich Town | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Jones 6 | | Attendance: | 29,309 | | Possession: | 53%-47% | | Total shots: | 19-15 | | MoM: | Gilberto Silva |
| | 51 Dani | | (4-3-3): Pressman 5½, Weir 7½, Garrido 7 (65 Small 7½), Whelan 7, Nielsen 7½, Zakuani 6½, Davies 7, Bierofka 6½ (73 Herrera 7), González 7½, Holland 6½, Dani 6 | | Fulham | 2 | 3 Beye, 61 Kolesnicenko | | 22 Korzynietz | | (4-3-3): Gabulov 6½, Beye 8, Hanstveit 7, Gilberto Silva 8½, Drobný 6½ (77 Delgado 6), Korzynietz 6, Balitsch 7, Kolesnicenko 6, Allbäck 6½, Makoun 7, Dagnall 6 | | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | 1 Johnsen, 66 Johnson, 75 Johnson | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Butler 7 | | Attendance: | 8,404 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 17-8 | | MoM: | José Mari |
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| | (4-3-3): Eleftheropoulos 7½, Demel 7, Fernando 7½, Inamoto 7½, Emre 7½, Ferronetti 5½ (47 Pičtre 6½), Johnson 7, José Mari 8, Johnsen 7, Sculli 6, Johnson 6½ | | Preston North End | 0 |
| | 69 Németh, 85 Svensson | | (4-3-3): Kolinko 6½, Maínz 6½, Atouba 6½, Svensson 7, Loovens 6½, Borrowdale 5½, Chadwick 6½, Olembé 6½, Vernon 6, Walton 6½, Németh 6 | | Leicester City | 2 | 8 Mwaruwari, 59 Grřnkjćr | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Fletcher 8 | | Attendance: | 21,884 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 17-16 | | MoM: | Mwaruwari |
| | 10 Sibierski, 29 Yorke, 66 Grondin | | (4-3-3): Preda 5½, Croft 7½, Kilbane 6½, Yorke 7½, Wörns 7½, Grondin 6½, Castromán 7, Grřnkjćr 7, Mwaruwari 8, McFadden 6, Sibierski 6 | | Birmingham City | 3 | 27 Purse, 38 Jancker, 87 Pieri |
| | (4-3-3): Luzi 6, Chimbonda 7, Pieri 7, Dabo 7½, Purse 6½, Baldé 6½, Benayoun 7, Míchel 6, Jancker 7½, Scowcroft 5½, Williams 5½ | | Manchester City | 1 | 36 Materazzi | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Brandwood 7 | | Attendance: | 33,222 | | Possession: | 49%-51% | | Total shots: | 6-20 | | MoM: | Kisnorbo |
| | 28 Trojan, 38 Green, 63 Fernando Couto, 80 Fernando Couto | | (4-4-2): Lehmann 8, Melchiot 8, Fábio Aurélio 7½, Steiner 7, Materazzi 7½, Scharner 6½, Green 5½, Trojan 6½, N'Zigou 7, Carruthers 6, Fernando Couto 5½ | | Cambridge United | 0 |
| | 64 Jones | | (4-3-3): Foster 8, Geary 7, Kisnorbo 8, Mahon 7, Swailes 6½, Camara 7, Jones 7, Bisgaard 7½, Nishizawa 6, McCann 6½, Fagan 5½ | | Middlesbrough | 1 | 45 Cureton | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Salisbury 7 | | Attendance: | 31,652 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 9-12 | | MoM: | Kobiashvili |
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| | (4-3-3): Schwarzer 7½, Colin 6½, Bernard 7½, Izzet 7½, Chilvers 6½, Wright 6½, Marx 6, Van Der Meyde 6½, Bangoura 6½, Ambrose 5½, Cureton 6 | | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 36 Kobiashvili | | 58 Rubén | | (4-3-3): Rüstü 7, Cannavaro 7, Kilgallon 7, Murray 7½, Madlung 7, Webster 6½, Quinn 7, Kobiashvili 7½, Michie 6, Guđjónsson 6½, Rubén 6 | | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 2 Llorente, 9 Llorente, 11 Llorente | | Half-time: | 3-0 | | Referee: | Frankland 8 | | Attendance: | 38,563 | | Possession: | 48%-52% | | Total shots: | 16-7 | | MoM: | Kruska |
| | 52 Dawson, 78 Milito, 85 Valera | | (4-3-3): Gomes 7½, Rafinha 7, Powell 7½, Kruska 8, Dawson 7, Valera 5½, Zabaleta 7½, McCulloch 7, Llorente 7, Ashton 6, Milito 5½ | | Leyton Orient | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): De Vlieger 6½, Hunt 6, Traoré 6½, Nolan 7½, Filipescu 6½, Turner 6, Sena 6½, Carrusca 7, Mantzios 6½, Eduardo Costa 6½, Ilan 6½ | | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 6 Montolivo, 25 Kerzhakov, 53 Montolivo | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Robinson 7 | | Attendance: | 13,427 | | Possession: | 63%-37% | | Total shots: | 21-6 | | MoM: | Kerzhakov |
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| | (4-3-3): Volkan 7, Zanetti 7, Nesmachnyi 6½, Cahill 8, Rusol 7½, Zebina 6, Hamit 7, Montolivo 8, Kerzhakov 8, Zanetti 5½ (75 Evseev 6), Nihat 7 | | Brighton & HA | 0 |
| | 21 Galásek, 38 Di Natale | | (4-3-3): Macho 7½, Sommeil 6, Naylor 6½, Welsh 6½, Frampton 6, Queudrue 6, Galásek 7½, Tremarco 5½, Keogh 6½, Williams 5½, Di Natale 6 | | Portsmouth | 1 | 74 Carew | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Drysdale 8 | | Attendance: | 29,028 | | Possession: | 59%-41% | | Total shots: | 15-5 | | MoM: | Ball |
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| | (4-3-3): Provett 5½, Geremi 7½, Shorey 7½, Pedro Mendes 8, Nelsen 6½, Jaďdi 6½, Stalteri 8, Ball 8½, Carew 7½, Maccarone 6, Heskey 7½ | | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 7 Reid, 47 Vittek, 83 Vittek | | 54 Sonko | | (4-3-3): Green 5½, Solano 7, Roberts 6, Óscar 6½, Méité 7, Sonko 6½, Reid 6, Paulinho 6, Vittek 7, Ameobi 5, Cotterill 5½ | | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 61 Hunt | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Stamatopoulos 7½ | | Attendance: | 31,504 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 13-12 | | MoM: | Yeste |
| | 51 Dickov, 73 Carter, 79 Healy | | (4-3-3): Sereni 6, Lescott 6, Wright 6, Kavanagh 7½, Moore 7, Carter 6½, Humphreys 5½, Hunt 7, Dickov 6½, Booth 5½, Healy 5½ | | Everton | 1 | 10 Saha |
| | (4-3-3): Roma 6½, Seitaridis 7 (72 Watson 7), Placente 6½, Javi García 7, Hofland 7½, Juanito 6½, Schneider 7, Yeste 7½, Saha 7½, Vieri 5½, Mutu 6½ | | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Russell 6 | | Attendance: | 46,162 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 10-17 | | MoM: | Carrick |
| | 39 Dyer, 45+2 Robert, 58 Mido | | (4-3-3): Sřrensen 6, Contra 7, Babayaro 6, Carsley 7 (54 Haynes 6½), Hyypiä 7, Shershun 7, Dyer 6, Robert 6½, Mido 7, Murphy 7 (70 Pavlenko 6), Semak 6 | | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 22 Anelka, 87 Givet |
| | (4-3-3): Almunia 6½, Belletti 7, Maxwell 7, Carrick 7½, Givet 7½, Planus 6½, Navas 7½, Pires 7, Anelka 6½, Necati 6½, Duff 6 | | West Ham United | 1 | 52 Park | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Kaye 6 | | Attendance: | 30,890 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 13-20 | | MoM: | O'Brien |
| | 46 Anderson, 53 Park | | (4-3-3): Howard 6½, Anderson 7, Sadler 5½, Preuss 7, Mears 7, Livesey 6, Diouf 7, Park 7, Beattie 7½, Whittingham 6, Rundle 5½ | | Rotherham United | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Taylor 7½, O'Brien 7½, Bratic 6½, Cregg 7, Collins 6½, Morgan 6½, Davis 7½, Quinn 7, Stajner 7, Cooper 6½, Bruggink 6½ | | Round 2 | | Everton | 3 | 7 Mutu, 17 Yeste, 32 Saha | | Half-time: | 3-0 | | Referee: | Pearson 7½ | | Attendance: | 40,179 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 17-8 | | MoM: | Gilbert |
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| | (4-3-3): Roma 7½, Seitaridis 7½, Placente 7½, Javi García 7½, Juanito 5½ (60 Gilbert 8), Hofland 7½, Schneider 7½, Yeste 7½, Saha 7½, Vieri 5½, Mutu 6 | | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Eleftheropoulos 7, Demel 7, Fernando 7, Inamoto 7, Emre 6½, Ferronetti 6, Johnson 6, José Mari 7, Johnson 6½, Sculli 5½, Johnsen 7 |
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