| Round 3 | | Blackpool | 2 | 5 Agüero, 44 De Rossi | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Swarbrick 5½ | | Attendance: | 50,198 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 16-9 | | MoM: | Cambiasso |
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| | (4-4-2): Robinson 7, Heitinga 7, Capdevila 7, Cambiasso 8, Barzagli 8, Vidic 7½, João Moutinho 6½, De Rossi 7, Berbatov 7½, Agüero 7½, Silva 7 | | Preston North End | 1 | 52 Trochowski | | 32 Taddei, 48 Trochowski, 70 Trochowski | | (4-4-2): Hildebrand 7½, Seitaridis 7, Taiwo 6, Eguren 6½, Bonera 6½, Ben Haim 6½ (64 Smolarek 6), Anyukov 6½, Taddei 6, Gekas 7, Trochowski 6½, Magnin 6½ | | Bournemouth | 2 | 14 Bakkal, 85 Planus | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Drysdale 7 | | Attendance: | 50,378 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 17-6 | | MoM: | Isaksson |
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| | (4-1-3-2): Rost 7, Tasci 7, Salcido 7, De Jong 7½, Planus 7, Riether 6½, Polák 7½, Afellay 7, Denneboom 6½ (76 Guerrero 6), Rolfes 6½, Bakkal 6 (76 Corominas 6) | | Darlington | 1 | 19 Fuentes |
| | (4-4-2): Isaksson 7½, Xabier Prieto 5½, Ergün 6½, Juninho 7, Fuentes 6½, Perea 6, Figo 7, Duff 6½, Vucinic 7, Semshov 6, Zárate 6 | | Brighton & HA | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Horwood 6½ | | Attendance: | 17,542 | | Possession: | 43%-57% | | Total shots: | 11-15 | | MoM: | Beasley | | TV: | live |
| | 6 Eduardo Ratinho, 86 Davies | | (4-3-3): Saja 5½, Davies 6, Hreiðarsson 6½, Banega 7, Knight 7½, Eduardo Ratinho 6, Giannakopoulos 6, Hasan 6½, Samaras 7, Vieri 6, Liberopoulos 7 (81 Eagles 6) | | Watford | 3 | 12og Knight, 47 Nuno Gomes, 64 Frau |
| | (4-3-3): Van Der Sar 6, Finnan 7½, Bonnart 7½, Distin 7½, Bordon 7½, Duljaj 6½, Brighi 7, Beasley 8, Nuno Gomes 7, Zurawski 7, Frau 7½ | | Bristol City | 2 | 20 Gosling, 40 Bamogo | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Hinz 6 | | Attendance: | 30,752 | | Possession: | 52%-48% | | Total shots: | 20-10 | | MoM: | Rodallega |
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| | (4-3-3): Cerný 7, Cortés 6½, Lee 7½, Commons 7, Rivas 7, Turner 6½, Gosling 6½, Hughes 6½, Rodallega 7½, Forssell 6½, Bamogo 6½ | | Sheffield United | 2 | 47 Caracciolo, 70 Riza | | 36 Rodrigo Tiuí, 72 Riza, 90 Zé Roberto | | (4-3-3): Aranzubía 6½, Wagner Diniz 7½, Felipe 7, Movilla 7, Hines 6, Pasquale 7, Leandro 6½, Zé Roberto 7, Caracciolo 7 (51 Ribeiro 7), Riza 6, Rodrigo Tiuí 6 | | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 9og Ward, 40p Sanogo | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Novotný 8 | | Attendance: | 9,477 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 12-8 | | MoM: | Vranjes |
| | 14 Guti, 56 Balzaretti, 85 Boussoufa | | (4-3-3): Timmer 7, Emerton 7½, Balzaretti 6½, Guti 7, Domingos 6½, Goian 6, Kalynychenko 6½, Boussoufa 7½, Sanogo 7½, Vranjes 7½, Liédson 7 | | Blackburn Rovers | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Hilário 7, Ward 7, Hills 6½, Witsel 7, Contreras 6½, Van Gijseghem 6, Ambrose 7½, Reid 7, Koevermans 6½, Nonda 6, Olisadebe 6 | | Everton | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Boyeson 7½ | | Attendance: | 44,759 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 12-16 | | MoM: | Culina |
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| | (4-3-3): Ivankov 8, Chimbonda 7½, Darlas 7½, Culina 8½, Delpierre 7, José Castro 7, Reid 6, Schwegler 7½, Kitson 6, Jones 6, Hoffer 6½ | | Lincoln City | 0 |
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| | (4-4-2): Assmann 7, Arbeloa 6, Diogo 6½, Burdisso 7, Marc Torrejón 7, Reo-Coker 6½, Denisov 5½, Schaars 7, Zyryanov 6½, Tuncay 6, Mirallas 6½ | | Halifax Town | 2 | 13 Bruggink, 70 Vine | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Kettle 6½ | | Attendance: | 29,748 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 12-16 | | MoM: | Boateng |
| | 76 Vine | | (4-3-3): Drobný 6½, Rojas 7, Gardner 7½, Boateng 8, Gabbidon 7½, Cissé 6, Akalé 7, Nakamura 7, Vine 7, Moreira 7, Bruggink 6 | | Swindon Town | 2 | 30 Farías, 55 Fernandão | | 16 Fernandão, 33 Custódio | | (4-3-3): Fleming 6, Luís Filipe 6½, Berthod 7½, Makélélé 7, Tonel 6½ (56 Juande 7), João Paulo 6, Custódio 6½, Fernandão 7, Dady 6½, Ari 5½, Farías 6½ | | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 3 Frei, 53 Frei, 59 Frei, 84 Kuranyi | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Friend 7 | | Attendance: | 50,928 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 12-12 | | MoM: | Mavuba | | TV: | highlights |
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| | (4-4-2): Janot 6½, Iraola 8, Pisano 7½, Mavuba 8, Amorebieta 7½, Vermaelen 7, Maniche 7½, Keita 7½, Kuranyi 5 (86 Ruben 6), Wright-Phillips 6, Frei 6½ | | Carlisle United | 2 | 9 Eremenko, 45+1 Emre |
| | (4-3-3): Wessels 6½, Zewlakow 6½ (59 Torres 7), Järdler 6½, Eremenko 7½, Djordjevic 6½, Ibrahim 5½, Olivera 7, Emre 6½, Vandenbergh 6½, Marcos 6, Bilos 6 | | Oxford United | 2 | 20 Jô, 87 Pavlyuchenko | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Mathieson 6½ | | Attendance: | 25,567 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 10-11 | | MoM: | Upson |
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| | (4-4-2): Enke 7½, Jarque 7, Panucci 6, Pernía 8, Westermann 7, Marcos Senna 7, Pandev 7, Cani 6 (88 Kringe 6), Pavlyuchenko 7, Jô 7, Santi 7½ | | Notts County | 1 | 24 Kewell | | 53 Hyypiä | | (4-3-3): Lehmann 6½, Scaloni 6½, Konchesky 6½, Fernandes 6½, Upson 8, Hyypiä 6½ (88 Greening 6), Pinzi 5½, Kewell 6, Viduka 6½, Kehl 5½, Monterrubio 5½ | | Rochdale | 2 | 2 Luis García, 49 Kiessling | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Whitestone 5 | | Attendance: | 39,075 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 10-14 | | MoM: | Howard |
| | 6 Serrano | | (4-4-2): Howard 8, Fritz 7, Pasqual 7, Touré 7, Boulahrouz 7, Lucchini 6, González 7, Serrano 6½, Kiessling 7, Torbinsky 6 (86 Bystrov 6), Luis García 7 (86 Cheyrou 6) | | Newcastle United | 0 |
| | 32 Javi Martínez | | (4-3-3): Dida 7½, Diana 7, Córdoba 7½, Javi Martínez 8, Wörns 7½, Granqvist 6½ (49 Kokoszka 6½), Davis 7½, Cocu 7, Cruz 6½, Healy 6, Raúl 6½ | | West Ham United | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Woolmer 7½ | | Attendance: | 43,524 | | Possession: | 48%-52% | | Total shots: | 13-15 | | MoM: | Blasi |
| | 32 Loskov, 39 Pires | | (4-1-3-2): Kowalewski 5½, Beye 7, Roger 6½, Loskov 7, Matsuda 7, Diagne-Faye 6½, Bakircioglü 6, Doni 7, Trezeguet 6½, Pires 6½, Ronaldo 7 | | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 9 Kily Gonzalez, 47 Blasi |
| | (4-3-3): Leo Franco 7, Pamarot 6½, Cribari 6½, Ilic 7, Juanito 7½, Maertens 6, Blasi 7½, Kily Gonzalez 7, Necati 6½, Stajner 6, Halil 6½ | | Wolves | 2 | 54 Ognyanov, 63 Miguel Veloso | | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Moss 7 | | Attendance: | 51,338 | | Possession: | 52%-48% | | Total shots: | 8-13 | | MoM: | Paulo Ferreira |
| | 7 Miguel Veloso, 15 Insúa | | (4-3-3): Pelé 6, Paulo Ferreira 8, Van Bronckhorst 7½, Tiago 6½, Hübschman 6½, Ânderson Polga 6, Petric 6½, Insúa 6, Ognyanov 7, Miguel Veloso 6½, Adriano 5½ | | Stoke City | 3 | 23 Marica, 42 Ceh, 68og Hübschman |
| | (3-4-2-1): Corona 6½, Squillaci 6½, Campbell 7, Srna 7½, Kuijt 7, Lopo 7, Ceh 6½, Rosický 7½, Dia 7, Pienaar 7, Marica 6½ | | Round 4 | | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 2 Koevermans | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Beeck 7 | | Attendance: | 27,676 | | Possession: | 46%-54% | | Total shots: | 6-16 | | MoM: | Nakamura |
| | 25 Olisadebe | | (4-3-3): Hilário 7, Van Gijseghem 7, Hills 6½ (74 Streller 6), Witsel 7½, Contreras 7, Ward 6½, Ambrose 7, Reid 6½, Koevermans 7, Nonda 6, Olisadebe 6 | | Halifax Town | 1 | 56 Bruggink | | 76 Moreira | | (4-3-3): Drobný 7, Rojas 7½, Gardner 6, Boateng 6½, Gabbidon 7½, Cissé 6, Akalé 7, Nakamura 7½, Vine 6½, Moreira 6, Bruggink 6½ | | Carlisle United | 1 | 51 Eremenko | | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Booth 6 | | Attendance: | 40,510 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 10-13 | | MoM: | Pernía |
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| | (4-3-3): Wessels 4½, Zewlakow 6½ (54 Torres 7½), Järdler 6½, Eremenko 7, Djordjevic 7½, Ibrahim 6, Olivera 6½, Emre 7, Vandenbergh 7, Marcos 7, Bilos 5½ | | Oxford United | 4 | 17 Cani, 45+1 Jô, 59 Pavlyuchenko, 79 Jô |
| | (4-4-2): Enke 5½, Jarque 8, Panucci 7, Pernía 8, Westermann 6½, Marcos Senna 7, Pandev 6½, Cani 6½ (76 Kringe 7), Pavlyuchenko 8, Jô 5½, Santi 7 | | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 11 Necati, 62 Necati | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Stroud 7½ | | Attendance: | 42,820 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 14-16 | | MoM: | Cana |
| | 57 Sergio | | (4-3-3): Leo Franco 6½, Pamarot 6½, Cribari 8, Ilic 7, Juanito 6½, Maertens 6½, Blasi 6, Kily Gonzalez 6, Necati 7, Sergio 6, Halil 6½ | | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 14 Kuranyi, 86 Kuranyi |
| | (4-4-2): Janot 6½, Iraola 6, Pisano 7½, Mavuba 7 (66 Cana 8), Amorebieta 7, Vermaelen 7½, Maniche 6½, Keita 7½, Kuranyi 8, Wright-Phillips 7, Frei 6 | | Darlington | 1 | 79 Vucinic | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Foster 8 | | Attendance: | 53,968 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 15-15 | | MoM: | Ergün |
| | 77 Xabier Prieto | | (4-4-2): Isaksson 6½, Xabier Prieto 6½, Ergün 8½, Juninho 7½, Fuentes 6½, Perea 6½, Figo 7, Duff 6½, Vucinic 6, Semshov 6½, Zárate 6½ | | Blackpool | 1 | 71 De Rossi | | 18 Heitinga | | (4-4-2): Robinson 7½, Heitinga 7, Capdevila 7½, Cambiasso 7, Barzagli 7, Vidic 7, João Moutinho 6½, De Rossi 7, Berbatov 7, Agüero 6½, Silva 7 | | Lincoln City | 1 | 4 Zyryanov | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Vurens 7½ | | Attendance: | 32,941 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 16-12 | | MoM: | Arbeloa |
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| | (4-4-2): Assmann 6½, Arbeloa 8, Diogo 7½, Burdisso 6, Marc Torrejón 6½, Reo-Coker 6½, Denisov 6, Schaars 6½, Zyryanov 7½, Tuncay 7, Mirallas 6 | | Bristol City | 1 | 36 Lee |
| | (4-3-3): Cerný 6½, Cortés 7, Lee 6½, Commons 6½, Rivas 5½, Turner 6, Gosling 6, Hughes 7, Rodallega 6½, Forssell 6, Bamogo 6½ | | Newcastle United | 4 | 1 Cruz, 30 Cocu, 37p Cruz, 63 Cruz | | Half-time: | 3-0 | | Referee: | Crossley 7½ | | Attendance: | 34,456 | | Possession: | 50%-50% | | Total shots: | 18-11 | | MoM: | Pelé |
| | 25 Raúl, 66 Davis, 90 Healy, 90+1 Javi Martínez | | (4-3-3): Dida 7½, Diana 7½, Córdoba 7½, Javi Martínez 7, Wörns 6½, Granqvist 5½, Davis 7½, Cocu 7½, Cruz 6½, Healy 6, Raúl 7 | | Wolves | 0 |
| | 55 Insúa, 89 Miguel Veloso | | (4-3-3): Pelé 8, Paulo Ferreira 7½, Van Bronckhorst 7, Tiago 6½, Hübschman 6, Ânderson Polga 6½, Petric 6½, Insúa 6½, Ognyanov 6, Miguel Veloso 6½, Adriano 6½ | | Notts County | 3 | 28 Upson, 32 Viduka, 75 Kehl | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Haywood 7½ | | Attendance: | 40,189 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 11-12 | | MoM: | Bakircioglü |
| | 11 Kewell, 41 Kehl, 73 Viduka | | (4-3-3): Lehmann 7, Scaloni 7, Konchesky 6½, Fernandes 7½, Upson 6½, Hyypiä 6½, Pinzi 6, Kehl 7, Viduka 7, Misimovic 5½ (55 Monterrubio 7), Kewell 5½ | | West Ham United | 2 | 30og Scaloni, 52 Pires | | 15 Trezeguet, 35 Matsuda, 49 Diagne-Faye | | (4-1-3-2): Kowalewski 6½, Beye 8, Taylor 7½, Smertin 6½, Matsuda 7, Diagne-Faye 6½, Bakircioglü 8, Doni 6½, Trezeguet 5½, Pires 6½, Ronaldo 6 | | Preston North End | 1 | 13 Gekas | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Rui Carlos 7 | | Attendance: | 51,034 | | Possession: | 46%-54% | | Total shots: | 10-13 | | MoM: | Anyukov |
| | 61 Gekas, 76 Bonera | | (4-4-2): Hildebrand 6½, Seitaridis 6½, Taiwo 7, Eguren 7½, Bonera 7, Ben Haim 6½ (64 Smolarek 7), Anyukov 8, Taddei 6½, Gekas 7½, Trochowski 6, Magnin 7½ | | Rochdale | 2 | 21 Torbinsky, 62 Serrano | | 69 Lucchini | | (4-4-2): Howard 6½, Fritz 7½, Pasqual 8, Touré 7½, Boulahrouz 7½, Lucchini 6½, González 7½, Serrano 7½, Kiessling 6½, Torbinsky 6½ (86 Bystrov 6), Luis García 7 (86 Cheyrou 6) | | Sheffield United | 3 | 40 Zé Roberto, 44 Rodrigo Tiuí, 85 Hines | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Laws 7½ | | Attendance: | 34,290 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 21-7 | | MoM: | Movilla |
| | 28 Dugardein | | (4-3-3): Aranzubía 7, Wagner Diniz 7, Felipe 7, Movilla 8, Hines 6, Pasquale 6, Leandro 6½, Zé Roberto 7, Caracciolo 7, Dugardein 6, Rodrigo Tiuí 7½ | | Bournemouth | 1 | 13 Polák | | 54 Rolfes, 58 Riether | | (4-1-3-2): Rost 6½, Tasci 7½, Salcido 6½, De Jong 6 (67 Corominas 7), Planus 7, Riether 6, Polák 7, Afellay 6, Denneboom 6½ (46 Guerrero 6½), Rolfes 6½, Bakkal 6½ | | Stoke City | 1 | 34 Dia | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Salisbury 6 | | Attendance: | 58,385 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 12-10 | | MoM: | Lopo |
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| | (3-4-2-1): Corona 6½, Squillaci 6½, Campbell 7, Srna 7½, Kuijt 6½, Lopo 8, Ceh 7, Rosický 6, Dia 6½, Pienaar 6½, Marica 7 | | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 8 Emerton |
| | (4-3-3): Timmer 7½, Emerton 8, Balzaretti 7, Guti 7, Domingos 6½, Goian 7, Kalynychenko 7½, Boussoufa 7, Sanogo 6½, Vranjes 7, Liédson 7½ | | Swindon Town | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Taylor 5½ | | Attendance: | 36,116 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 11-11 | | MoM: | Berthod |
| | 19 João Paulo, 35 Dady, 78 Fernandão, 80 Farías | | (4-3-3): Fleming 6½, Luís Filipe 7, Berthod 7½, Makélélé 6½, Tonel 7, João Paulo 7 (63 Juande 6), Custódio 7, Fernandão 7, Dady 6½, Ari 5½, Farías 6 | | Brighton & HA | 1 | 11 Hasan | | 59 Eduardo Ratinho, 77 Samaras | | (4-3-3): Saja 7½, Davies 7, Hreiðarsson 7, Banega 6, Knight 7½, Eduardo Ratinho 6½, Giannakopoulos 6, Hasan 6½ (78 Timisela 6), Samaras 6½, Vieri 6, Liberopoulos 6 | | Watford | 2 | 57 Zurawski, 70 Zurawski | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Scott 7 | | Attendance: | 23,928 | | Possession: | 53%-47% | | Total shots: | 14-7 | | MoM: | Ivankov |
| | 21 Beasley | | (4-3-3): Van Der Sar 6½, Finnan 7½, Bonnart 7, Distin 7, Bordon 7, Duljaj 7, Brighi 7, Beasley 7½, Nuno Gomes 7½, Zurawski 7½, Frau 6½ | | Everton | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Ivankov 8, Chimbonda 7, Darlas 7, Culina 7, Delpierre 6½, José Castro 6½, Reid 7, Schwegler 7, Kitson 5½, Jones 5½, Hoffer 5½ |
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