| Round 40 | | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 8 Govou, 30 Govou, 51 Govou | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Tanner 6 | | Attendance: | 56,137 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 15-11 | | MoM: | Friedel | | TV: | highlights |
| | 4 Jørgensen | | (4-4-2): Friedel 8, Zanetti 7½, Vertonghen 7½, Baumann 7½, Mellberg 7, Gilberto Silva 7½, Diana 7½, Wendell 6, Govou 7½, Jørgensen 7, Makaay 7 | | Ipswich Town | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Lomaia 7½, Johansen 7, Lanna 7 (51 Small 6½), Tainio 6½, Ricardo Costa 7, Mullins 6½, McCann 6, Whittingham 5½, Mido 6½, Solli 5½, Vorobyei 6 | | Chester City | 3 | 20 Zhirkov, 31 Galletti, 60 Olic | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Rennie 6 | | Attendance: | 19,814 | | Possession: | 56%-44% | | Total shots: | 15-8 | | MoM: | Baszczynski |
| | 26 Legrottaglie, 36 Barnetta | | (4-4-2): Gabulov 7, Baszczynski 8, Juanfran 7, Jarolim 7½, Legrottaglie 6½, Materazzi 7½, Zhirkov 7½, Barnetta 7½, Santa Cruz 7½, Galletti 8, Olic 7 | | Southend United | 1 | 29 Cassetti |
| | (4-3-3): Johnsen 6½, Blaszczykowski 6½, Fathi 6, Dárdai 6½, Katsouranis 6½, Ooijer 6½, Cassetti 7, Bresciano 6, Ewerthon 6½, Petre 6½ (55 Rodríguez 5½), Salpigidis 6 | | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 34 Carlos Eduardo, 65 Hangeland, 80 Tchité | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Knight 5 | | Attendance: | 48,823 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 12-13 | | MoM: | Pereira |
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| | (3-4-3): Penneteau 7½, Pereira 8½, Pranjic 7, Sánchez 7, Hangeland 7½, Senderos 7, Özil 5½ (76 M'Bia 7), Cabaye 7, Chamakh 6½, Carlos Eduardo 6½, Tchité 6 | | Yeovil Town | 1 | 7 Heskey |
| | (3-5-2): Postulka 6½, Dempsey 6½ (66 Murray 6), Figueroa 8, Knol 7½, Babic 7½, Hall 7, Jones 6½, Heskey 7, Skopelitis 7, Stalteri 7, Maloney 7 | | Crystal Palace | 4 | 3 Nordstrand, 5 Rotan, 18 Maldonado, 33 Maldonado | | Half-time: | 4-0 | | Referee: | Dowd 7 | | Attendance: | 26,188 | | Possession: | 63%-37% | | Total shots: | 21-11 | | MoM: | Stendardo |
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| | (4-3-3): Schäfer 8, Lustig 7½, Ronny 7, Cigarini 8, Stendardo 8, Basa 7, Maldonado 7, Rotan 7½, Bianchi 8, Nordstrand 7½, Zigic 6 | | Fulham | 0 |
| | 14 Maynard, 79 Osvaldo | | (4-3-3): Richmond 6½, Markovic 6, Goor 7, Valerón 7, Diakhaté 6½, Nosworthy 6½, Rebko 6, Cimen 5½, Blackstock 6½, Maynard 6, Osvaldo 6 | | Hartlepool United | 2 | 5 Rossi, 14 Beattie | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Riley 5½ | | Attendance: | 15,171 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 18-14 | | MoM: | Fernandes |
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| | (4-3-3): Arason 7, Birindelli 6½, Léo 8, Fernandes 8½, Miyamoto 8, Capelli 6½, Davies 7½, Naysmith 7, Beattie 7, Lantz 7, Rossi 6 | | Manchester City | 1 | 69 Smith |
| | (4-3-3): Fromlowitz 7, Santon 6½, Sadler 6½, Brown 7, Tacchinardi 7, Braghieri 6, Formica 7, Mihelic 6, Smith 7, Okotie 6, Stancu 5½ | | Millwall | 2 | 31 Forlán, 33 Forlán | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Webb 6 | | Attendance: | 71,773 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 9-14 | | MoM: | Brocchi |
| | 1 Forlán | | (4-4-2): Carson 7½, Kromkamp 7½, Spycher 7, Bullard 6½ (69 Brocchi 8), Alex 6 (69 Zaki 8), Bramble 6, Husev 7, Pedersen 7, Fred 7½, Guti 7½, Forlán 7 | | Coventry City | 0 |
| | 55 André Bahia | | (4-3-3): Pletikosa 7½, Beria 5½, Silvinho 7, Ruben Amorim 6½, Gökhan 6½, André Bahia 5½, Nocerino 6, Rodríguez 7, Bergessio 6½, Dembélé 7, Palacio 7 | | Northampton Town | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Wiley 7 | | Attendance: | 12,824 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 12-11 | | MoM: | Jones |
| | 10 Jensen, 39 Fatih | | (4-4-2): Nikopolidis 7, Onuoha 7½, Ilunga 8, Jones 8½, Chyhrynskyi 7, Gamberini 7½, Petrov 6½, Jensen 7, Fatih 6½, Djuric 6½, Agbonlahor 6½ | | Middlesbrough | 1 | 45 Quagliarella |
| | (4-4-2): Timmer 7½, Clerc 7, Mathijsen 7, Huth 6, Djourou 6½, Dudu Cearense 6½, Farfán 6½, Kapo 6½, Kezman 6, Quagliarella 6½, Yeste 7½ | | Norwich City | 2 | 1 Mata, 50 Moralez | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Bennett 6½ | | Attendance: | 30,611 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 19-9 | | MoM: | Pedro |
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| | (4-4-2): Romero 7½, Rafael 7½, Canella 7, Orbáiz 7½, Piqué 7½, Marcano 7, Pedro 8½, De La Red 6, Moralez 7, Mata 7, Gavilán 6 | | Stockport County | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Rogério 8, Dabo 7½, Vrzogic 7½, Pjanic 7, Cabral 7, Sakho 6, Pablo 6½ (66 Daprela 7½), Kombarov 6, Derdiyok 6½, Villanueva 7, Ogbuke 6½ | | Rotherham United | 2 | 1 Sonck, 45+3 Teixeira | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Kettle 6½ | | Attendance: | 18,461 | | Possession: | 52%-48% | | Total shots: | 15-15 | | MoM: | Hilbert |
| | 86 Teixeira | | (4-3-3): Lobont 6, Jacobsen 7, Lucic 7½, Gracián 7½, Vaschuk 7, Doherty 6½, Teixeira 7½, Esajas 7, Sonck 7½, Shawky 6½, Cox 5½ | | Portsmouth | 2 | 34 Gilardino, 78 Angulo | | 17 Zenoni | | (3-5-2): Lux 6, Givet 7½, Zenoni 7, Kruska 6½, Milito 7, Kacar 6½, Borowski 7 (72 Falcao 6½), Hilbert 7½, Kerzhakov 6, Angulo 6½, Gilardino 6 | | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 2 Khedira | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Freestone 8 | | Attendance: | 40,177 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 18-8 | | MoM: | Beck |
| | 44 Lloris | | (4-3-3): Lloris 6½, Fanni 7½, Emanuelson 7½, Coda 7½, Compper 7, Clément 6½, Foggia 7½, Lanig 6½ (76 Criscito 6), Eduardo 6½, Khedira 7½, Rosina 6½ | | Cambridge United | 2 | 76 Rocchi, 81 Rocchi |
| | (4-3-3): Palop 6, Beck 8, Cale 7, Lafita 6½, Accardi 6, Riether 7, Palladino 7, Sabri 6½ (76 Michel Bastos 6), Rocchi 7, Willian 6, Bent 6½ | | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 36 Rossi | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Lerch 6½ | | Attendance: | 70,604 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 14-10 | | MoM: | Escudé |
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| | (4-4-2): Ochoa 7, Castro 6½, Salcido 7½, Pirlo 7, Ignashevich 7, Escudé 8, Wright-Phillips 7½, Ballack 6½, Crouch 6, Rossi 6½, Van Der Vaart 7 | | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 56 Da Rocha | | 74 Sychev | | (4-3-3): Payer 7, Javier Flaño 6½, Rodríguez 7½, Cheyrou 7, Sergio 7, Gardner 6½, Da Rocha 7, Gourcuff 7, Sychev 7, Sissoko 7, Bosnjak 6½ | | Wigan Athletic | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Taylor 6 | | Attendance: | 24,645 | | Possession: | 50%-50% | | Total shots: | 7-16 | | MoM: | Monsoreau |
| | 13 Marney, 66 Trojan | | (4-3-3): Stojkovic 6, Mendes Da Silva 7½, Griffin 6½, Elliott 7½, Riggott 7, Primus 6½, Marney 6½, Trojan 7, Bonazzoli 7, Slusarski 6, Talbot 5½ | | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 9 Bellion, 19 Bellion, 84 Gomis |
| | (4-4-2): Jääskeläinen 6½, Bardsley 7, Monsoreau 8, Pedretti 7, Boumsong 6½, Plestan 6½, Izmailov 7, Beckham 6½, Gomis 7, Bellion 7, Kewell 7½ | | Round 41 | | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 9 Bellion, 26 Bellion | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Deadman 7 | | Attendance: | 49,870 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 17-14 | | MoM: | Kewell |
| | 12 Monsoreau, 52 Bellion | | (4-4-2): Jääskeläinen 7, Bardsley 7½, Monsoreau 6½, Pedretti 7½, Boumsong 7½, Plestan 7, Izmailov 7, Beckham 7½, Gomis 7, Bellion 7, Kewell 7½ | | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 18 Chamakh | | 30 Chamakh | | (3-4-3): Penneteau 7½, Pereira 6½ (61 Brozek 7), Pranjic 6, Sánchez 7, Hangeland 7½, Senderos 6½, Özil 6½, Cabaye 6½, Chamakh 7 (61 Jovetic 7), Carlos Eduardo 6, Tchité 6½ | | Cambridge United | 1 | 28 Palladino | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Weilandt 7 | | Attendance: | 30,900 | | Possession: | 53%-47% | | Total shots: | 20-12 | | MoM: | Stojkovic |
| | 34 Bent, 43 Palop | | (4-3-3): Palop 7, Beck 7, Cale 7½, Lafita 7, Accardi 7½, Riether 7½, Palladino 7, Sabri 6½, Rocchi 6½ (77 Pazzini 6), Willian 6, Bent 6½ (85 Douglas 6) | | Wigan Athletic | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Stojkovic 8, Mendes Da Silva 7½, Griffin 7, Elliott 7½, Riggott 6½, Primus 7, Marney 6, Trojan 6½, Bonazzoli 7½, Slusarski 5, Talbot 6 | | Coventry City | 1 | 37 Rodríguez | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Oliver 6½ | | Attendance: | 42,549 | | Possession: | 50%-50% | | Total shots: | 16-12 | | MoM: | Orbáiz |
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| | (4-3-3): Pletikosa 7, Beria 7, Silvinho 6½, Ruben Amorim 7, Gökhan 6½, André Bahia 6, Nocerino 6½, Rodríguez 7, Bergessio 7, Dembélé 7, Palacio 6 | | Norwich City | 2 | 4og Gökhan, 44 Mata |
| | (4-4-2): Romero 7, Rafael 7, Canella 7½, Orbáiz 8½, Piqué 7, Marcano 6½, Pedro 6½, De La Red 6½, Moralez 6½, Mata 7, Gavilán 6½ | | Fulham | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Scott 6½ | | Attendance: | 25,446 | | Possession: | 41%-59% | | Total shots: | 6-13 | | MoM: | Birindelli |
| | 68 Nosworthy | | (4-3-3): Richmond 4½, Markovic 6, Goor 7½, Valerón 7, Diakhaté 7, Nosworthy 6, Rebko 6, Bedoya 7½, Blackstock 7, Osvaldo 6, Maynard 6 | | Hartlepool United | 3 | 9 Beattie, 19 Lantz, 71 Naysmith |
| | (4-3-3): Arason 5½, Birindelli 8, Léo 8, Fernandes 7½, Miyamoto 7, Capelli 7, Davies 7, Naysmith 7½, Beattie 6½, Lantz 7, Rossi 6 | | Ipswich Town | 3 | 3 Tainio, 68 Solli, 80 Ricardo Costa | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Novotný 7 | | Attendance: | 28,315 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 16-9 | | MoM: | Ronny |
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| | (4-3-3): Lomaia 7½, Johansen 7, Lanna 7½, McCann 7, Ricardo Costa 7, Mullins 6½, Solli 7, Whittingham 6½, Mido 7, Tainio 7½, Vorobyei 7 | | Crystal Palace | 1 | 40 Rotan |
| | (4-3-3): Schäfer 7, Lustig 7½, Ronny 7½, Cigarini 6½, Stendardo 7, Basa 6½, Maldonado 7, Rotan 7, Bianchi 7, Nordstrand 6, Zigic 7½ | | Manchester City | 1 | 4 Smith | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Wright 5 | | Attendance: | 27,247 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 14-16 | | MoM: | Sadler |
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| | (4-3-3): Fromlowitz 7, Santon 7, Sadler 8, Brown 7½, Tacchinardi 6½, Braghieri 6, Formica 6½, Mihelic 6½ (55 Pressley 5½), Smith 7, Djalovic 6½, Stancu 6 | | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 41 Eduardo | | 52 Khedira | | (4-3-3): Lloris 7½, Fanni 8, Emanuelson 7½, Coda 7, Compper 7, Clément 7, Foggia 6½, Lanig 7½, Eduardo 7½, Khedira 7, Rosina 6½ | | Middlesbrough | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Beeck 7 | | Attendance: | 74,999 | | Possession: | 50%-50% | | Total shots: | 15-7 | | MoM: | Kezman |
| | 70 Farfán, 77 Kapo | | (4-4-2): Timmer 7, Clerc 7, Mathijsen 7, Huth 7½, Djourou 6½, Dudu Cearense 7½, Farfán 7½, Kapo 7½, Kezman 7½, Quagliarella 7, Yeste 6½ | | Tranmere Rovers | 0 |
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| | (4-4-2): Ochoa 7½, Castro 7½, Salcido 6½, Pirlo 6½, Ignashevich 6½, Escudé 6, Wright-Phillips 7, Ballack 7, Crouch 6½, Rossi 7, Van Der Vaart 6½ | | Plymouth Argyle | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Taylor 7 | | Attendance: | 44,474 | | Possession: | 43%-57% | | Total shots: | 9-17 | | MoM: | Santa Cruz |
| | 36 Gourcuff | | (4-3-3): Payer 6½, Javier Flaño 6½, Rodríguez 7 (60 Cattermole 5½), Cheyrou 6½, Sergio 6, Gardner 6, Da Rocha 6½ (76 Gilberto 6), Gourcuff 6½, Sychev 6, Sissoko 6, Bosnjak 6½ | | Chester City | 2 | 25 Olic, 61 Olic | | 38 Santa Cruz, 80 Barnetta | | (4-4-2): Gabulov 6½, Baszczynski 7½, Juanfran 7, Jarolim 7½, Legrottaglie 7, Materazzi 6½, Zhirkov 7½, Barnetta 7½, Santa Cruz 7½, Galletti 7½, Olic 7 | | Portsmouth | 1 | 37 Givet | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Salisbury 6 | | Attendance: | 43,985 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 12-14 | | MoM: | Jones |
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| | (3-5-2): Lux 7, Givet 7, Zenoni 7½, Kruska 6½, Milito 7, Kacar 6½, Borowski 6, Hilbert 7, Kerzhakov 5½, Angulo 5½, Gilardino 6 | | Northampton Town | 1 | 87 Fatih |
| | (4-4-2): Nikopolidis 7½, Onuoha 6½, Ilunga 7½, Jones 8, Chyhrynskyi 7½, Gamberini 7, Petrov 7, Jensen 7½, Fatih 6½, Djuric 6½, Agbonlahor 6½ | | Southend United | 2 | 15 Salpigidis, 38 Blaszczykowski | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Singh 7½ | | Attendance: | 20,197 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 9-15 | | MoM: | Diana |
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| | (4-3-3): Johnsen 6½, Blaszczykowski 6½, Fathi 6½, Dárdai 7, Katsouranis 7½, Ooijer 7, Cassetti 7, Bresciano 6½, Bakkal 6 (52 Homenyuk 6), Petre 7, Salpigidis 6 | | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 54p Makaay | | 12 Wendell, 32 Makaay, 33 Gilberto Silva, 50 Govou, 53 Jørgensen | | (4-4-2): Friedel 7½, Zanetti 8, Vertonghen 7½, Baumann 7½, Mellberg 7½, Gilberto Silva 7, Diana 8, Wendell 7, Govou 6½, Jørgensen 6½, Makaay 7½ | | Stockport County | 2 | 31 Derdiyok, 88 Derdiyok | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Swarbrick 6½ | | Attendance: | 23,531 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 19-8 | | MoM: | Vrzogic |
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| | (4-3-3): Rogério 6½, Dabo 6½, Vrzogic 8, Pjanic 7, Cabral 7½, Sakho 6½, Pablo 6 (71 Daprela 6), Kombarov 7, Derdiyok 8, Villanueva 6½, Ogbuke 6 | | Rotherham United | 2 | 15 Jacobsen, 70 Lucic | | 36 Lucic | | (4-3-3): Lobont 7, Jacobsen 6½, Lucic 6 (71 Gamble 7), Gracián 6½, Vaschuk 7, Doherty 6, Shawky 7, Palencia 6½, Niculae 6½, Sonck 6, Cox 5½ | | Yeovil Town | 2 | 27 Dempsey, 67 Heskey | | Half-time: | 1-1 | | Referee: | Jones 5 | | Attendance: | 34,232 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 10-9 | | MoM: | Husev |
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| | (3-5-2): Postulka 7, Dempsey 7, Figueroa 6½, Knol 6½, Babic 6, Hall 7, Jones 7, Heskey 7, Skopelitis 6½, Stalteri 6½, Maloney 7 | | Millwall | 1 | 5 Forlán | | 4 Alex | | (4-4-2): Carson 7, Kromkamp 7, Spycher 7½, Bullard 7, Alex 7½, Bramble 6, Husev 8, Pedersen 6½, Fred 7½, Guti 7, Forlán 6½ |
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