| Round 40 | | Aston Villa | 1 | 12 Charisteas | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Probert 6½ | | Attendance: | 42,043 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 14-14 | | MoM: | Materazzi |
| | 62 Beckham | | (4-3-3): Jones 6, Degen 7, Thatcher 6, Galásek 7, Materazzi 7½, Knight 6½ (51 Cardetti 6), Beckham 7, Tymoschuk 7, Charisteas 7, Titov 7, McCarthy 6½ | | Reading | 2 | 52 Baumann, 84 Giménez | | 16 Baumann, 64 Zamora | | (4-3-3): Aranzubía 6½, Diana 7, Golbourne 7, Loskov 7, Baumann 6½, Vlaar 6, Potter 6½, Rothen 7, Doyle 7 (84 Walton 6), Zamora 5½, Giménez 6½ | | Birmingham City | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Graham 7½ | | Attendance: | 29,934 | | Possession: | 49%-51% | | Total shots: | 12-18 | | MoM: | Tonge |
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| | (4-3-3): Oakes 6½, Melli 7, Lescott 6½, Tonge 8½, Cláudio Caçapa 8, Haas 6½, Parker 7½, Smart 7, Wichniarek 6½, Cole 6½, Yakin 7 | | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 28 Vaz Té | | 42 Vaz Té | | (4-3-3): Marshall 7½, O'Brien 7½, Berthod 7, Borowski 7, Helguera 7, Mills 6½, Fletcher 7, Elano 6, Idrizaj 6, Kehl 6½, Vaz Té 6½ | | Boston United | 3 | 10 McCartney, 27og Cahill, 87 Montillo | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Vurens 7½ | | Attendance: | 6,575 | | Possession: | 45%-55% | | Total shots: | 10-13 | | MoM: | Taiwo |
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| | (4-3-3): Myhill 5½, Ebondo 6½, McCartney 7½, Jankovic 7, Leigertwood 6½, Schut 6½, Ifill 6½, Fuchs 6½, Webò 7½, Montillo 6½, Rodic 5½ (84 Wright 6) | | Leyton Orient | 3 | 30 Valdez, 79 Taiwo, 84 Taiwo |
| | (4-3-3): Fielding 6, Demel 8, Taiwo 8, Reid 7, Wolf 6½, Cahill 6½ (80 Croft 6), Serkan 6½, McGeady 6, Chamakh 8, Arzo 6½, Valdez 7 | | Everton | 1 | 30 Rooney | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Penton 7½ | | Attendance: | 60,106 | | Possession: | 62%-38% | | Total shots: | 19-10 | | MoM: | Clichy | | TV: | highlights |
| | 87 Davies | | (4-3-3): Schwarzer 7½, Brown 8, Clichy 8½, Källström 8, Skrtel 8, Escudé 8, Gerrard 8, Trochowski 8, Fernando Torres 6½ (54 Davies 7), Jenas 6, Rooney 6½ | | Rushden & Diamonds | 0 |
| | 27 Sharp, 35 Taylor | | (4-3-3): Lobont 7½, Kvarme 6, Armand 7, Musampa 6½, Diagne-Faye 6½, Taylor 6, Robinson 5½, Tikhonov 6, Maccarone 6, Samaras 5½, Sharp 5½ | | Leeds United | 1 | 52 Slusarski | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Williamson 5 | | Attendance: | 27,428 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 10-11 | | MoM: | Grygera |
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| | (4-3-3): Leo Franco 7, Grygera 8, Fábio Aurélio 7, Sabri 7½, Jones 6½, Whitbread 6, Whaley 6½, Edwards 6½, Slusarski 6, Birley 5½, Olisadebe 6½ | | Wolves | 1 | 65 Kennedy |
| | (4-3-3): Howard 7, Geremi 7½, Naylor 7½, Sibierski 7½, Josemi 7, Andrews 6½, Gradel 7½, Kennedy 7½, Cotterill 6½, Melligan 7, Camara 7 | | Manchester City | 3 | 19p Foti, 39 Foti, 77 Mathijsen | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Laws 7 | | Attendance: | 33,841 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 17-14 | | MoM: | Mathijsen |
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| | (4-3-3): Abbondanzieri 6½, Richards 7, Mathijsen 8½, Van Der Vaart 7½, Perea 6½ (71 Giggs 7), Van Buyten 5½ (57 Vanden Borre 7), Marcos Senna 6, Sneijder 7, Foti 6½, Júlio Baptista 6, Podolski 6 | | Ipswich Town | 2 | 21 Carew, 84 Gravesen | | 4 Kompany, 62 Jadson | | (4-3-3): Green 6, Melchiot 6½, Gabbidon 6½, Ireland 7½, Kompany 6½, Eduardo 6½ (78 Absalonsen 6), Delap 6½, Duff 7, Carew 7, Gravesen 6½, Jadson 5½ | | Middlesbrough | 2 | 33 Font, 35 Bouma | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Markov 7 | | Attendance: | 40,031 | | Possession: | 59%-41% | | Total shots: | 17-4 | | MoM: | Baraja |
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| | (4-3-3): Landreau 7½, Hobbs 6½, Bouma 7, Carrick 7, Legrottaglie 7, Aimar 6½, Font 7½, Saviola 7½, Pizarro 7, Grønkjær 6, Fryatt 5½ | | Crystal Palace | 0 |
| | 2 Melaschenko, 68 Ramé | | (4-3-3): Ramé 7, Burdisso 7, Ball 8, Baraja 8½, Downes 6, King 5½, Davis 6½, Park 7, Inzaghi 7, Melaschenko 5½, Aliadière 5½ | | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 44 Ignashevich | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Penn 6½ | | Attendance: | 50,479 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 12-8 | | MoM: | Lopo | | TV: | live |
| | 11 Berezutsky, 86 Malouda, 89 Berezutsky | | (1-3-3-3): Frey 6½, Lopo 8, Jankulovski 7, Toulalan 7, Berezutsky 6, Fernando Meira 7, Marney 7½, Malouda 8, Iaquinta 6½, Ignashevich 7, Klose 6 | | Carlisle United | 2 | 76p Fava Passaro, 79 Bresciano | | 49 Gardner, 63 Fava Passaro | | (4-3-3): Pelizzoli 6½, Ooijer 7, Gardner 6½, Gasbarroni 7 (50 Fletcher 7½), Mensah 6½, Taylor 6½, Rommedahl 7, Bresciano 7, Fava Passaro 6, Ros 6, Phillips 6 | | Peterborough United | 3 | 40 Hashemian, 47 Karhan, 57 Tarnat | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Taylor 6½ | | Attendance: | 15,245 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 9-13 | | MoM: | Huggel |
| | 67 Cudicini | | (4-3-3): Cudicini 6½, Cuéllar 6½ (79 Watson 6), Tarnat 6, Huggel 8, Karhan 5½ (76 Duffy 6½), Traoré 6½, Kringe 8, Jarvis 6½, Hashemian 7, Nørregaard 7, Verbír 5½ | | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 51og Traoré | | 12 Bosschaart, 82 Carroll | | (4-3-3): Carroll 6½, Ivanovic 6½, Bosschaart 6½, Thomson 7, Kanté 7, Van Der Struijk 6½, Solano 8, Ortíz 6½, Kim 7½, Hasan 7½, Elmander 6½ | | Portsmouth | 2 | 10 Owusu-Abeyie, 73 Ebanks-Blake | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Horwood 6½ | | Attendance: | 18,986 | | Possession: | 48%-52% | | Total shots: | 16-12 | | MoM: | Friedel |
| | 63 McFadden | | (4-3-3): Szamotulski 7, Khizanishvili 7½, Clapham 6, Ibagaza 7½, Fontaine 7, Wilson 6, Manu 7, Owusu-Abeyie 7½, Ebanks-Blake 6½, Elliott 6½, McFadden 6½ | | Blackburn Rovers | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Friedel 8, Griffin 7, Higginbotham 7, Mikel Alonso 7 (75 Sandell 6), Doumbe 7, O'Leary 6½, Teixeira 6½ (56 Burnell 6), Vaughan 6½, Clarke 7½, Marin 5½, Larsson 6½ | | Scunthorpe United | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Beeck 7½ | | Attendance: | 15,101 | | Possession: | 53%-47% | | Total shots: | 13-11 | | MoM: | Osman |
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| | (4-3-3): Proto 8, Eboué 7½, Järdler 7½, Donadel 7½, Scharner 8, Faty 6, Osman 8, Boa Morte 7 (75 Sennels 6), Platt 6½, Bowyer 6½ (79 Myojin 6), Reid 5½ | | Preston North End | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Viera 8, Zabaleta 7, Cech 7, Verón 7½, Plestan 7, Cadú 7, Hibbert 6½, Mario Suárez 6½, Koné 7½, Souza 5½, Di Salvo 5½ | | Walsall | 2 | 17 Viduka, 31 Pedersen | | Half-time: | 2-2 | | Referee: | Boyeson 7 | | Attendance: | 26,821 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 17-6 | | MoM: | Okkas |
| | 26 Flinders, 63 Cattermole | | (4-3-3): Flinders 5½, Jiránek 7½, Konchesky 7, Cattermole 7½, Senderos 7½, Gardner 6½, Harper 6 (56 Clarke 7), Pedersen 6½, Viduka 7, Peter 6, Davies 7 | | QPR | 3 | 5 Grella, 36p Okkas, 64 Okkas | | 27 Hogg, 49 Kerr | | (4-3-3): Andersen 6½, Colin 7½, Vignal 6½, Grella 7½, Mokoena 7½, Hogg 6, Asamoah 7½, Alex 5½, Okkas 7½, Kerr 5½, Convey 6 | | Round 41 | | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 8p Clarke | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Stamatopoulos 7 | | Attendance: | 18,485 | | Possession: | 38%-62% | | Total shots: | 9-22 | | MoM: | Jankovic |
| | 30 O'Leary, 47 Vaughan, 54 Marin, 54 O'Leary | | (4-3-3): Friedel 6, Griffin 7½, Higginbotham 7 (67 Sandell 6), Mikel Alonso 6½ (67 Ward 6½), Doumbe 6½, O'Leary 6, Teixeira 6, Vaughan 5½, Clarke 6½, Marin 6, Larsson 6 | | Boston United | 2 | 66 Montillo, 79 McCartney |
| | (4-3-3): Myhill 6, Ebondo 8½, McCartney 7½, Jankovic 8½, Leigertwood 7½, Schut 6, Ifill 6½, Fuchs 7, Webò 8, Montillo 7, Rodic 5½ | | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 25 Martins, 64 Elano, 82 Idrizaj, 88 Martins | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Galanopoulos 7½ | | Attendance: | 37,830 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 16-11 | | MoM: | Martins |
| | 8 Ricardo Costa, 47 Fletcher | | (4-3-3): Marshall 5, O'Brien 7½, Berthod 6½, Borowski 5 (61 Idrizaj 7½), Ricardo Costa 6½, Helguera 6½, Fletcher 6½, Elano 7, Martins 7½, Zanetti 7, Vaz Té 6 | | Walsall | 3 | 27 Viduka, 41 Viduka, 69p Viduka | | 1 Peter, 12 Davies, 34 Konchesky | | (4-3-3): Flinders 5½, Jiránek 7, Konchesky 6½, Cattermole 6½, Senderos 7, Gardner 6, Harper 7 (65 Clarke 6½), Pedersen 6, Viduka 7, Peter 5, Davies 7½ | | Carlisle United | 2 | 84og Owusu-Abeyie, 88 Bresciano | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Oliver 8 | | Attendance: | 22,511 | | Possession: | 52%-48% | | Total shots: | 11-11 | | MoM: | Ooijer |
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| | (4-3-3): Pelizzoli 6, Ooijer 8, Gardner 6 (51 Henry 6½), Gasbarroni 6½ (82 Naysmith 6), Mensah 7, Taylor 6, Rommedahl 7, Bresciano 7, Fava Passaro 7½, Fletcher 7, Phillips 7 | | Portsmouth | 2 | 3 Elliott, 64 McFadden | | 11 Ibagaza, 26 Elliott, 83 Ibagaza | | (4-3-3): Szamotulski 6½, Khizanishvili 7½, Clapham 6, Ibagaza 6½, Fontaine 5½, Wilson 6, Manu 6½, Owusu-Abeyie 6½, Ebanks-Blake 6, Elliott 6, McFadden 7 | | Crystal Palace | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Mathieson 8 | | Attendance: | 26,248 | | Possession: | 45%-55% | | Total shots: | 3-24 | | MoM: | Brown |
| | 2 Downes, 28 Baraja, 87 Park, 90+1 Burdisso | | (4-3-3): Ramé 6, Burdisso 6, Ball 7, Baraja 7, Downes 6½, King 6, Davis 6½, Park 6½, Inzaghi 6½, Melaschenko 5½, Aliadière 6 | | Everton | 3 | 15 Fernando Torres, 31 Trochowski, 70 Gerrard | | 10 Jenas, 76 Skrtel | | (4-3-3): Schwarzer 6, Brown 8½, Clichy 7½, Källström 7½, Skrtel 7, Escudé 7½, Gerrard 8, Trochowski 8, Fernando Torres 6½ (54 Davies 7), Jenas 6½, Rooney 6½ | | Ipswich Town | 2 | 44 Pienaar, 49 Carew | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Jones 5 | | Attendance: | 30,195 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 13-5 | | MoM: | Gabbidon |
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| | (4-3-3): Green 6½, Melchiot 7, Gabbidon 8, Ireland 7½, Kompany 7½, Rodriguez 6½, Delap 7, Pienaar 6 (79 Djebbour 6), Carew 7, Briand 7, Duff 6 | | Scunthorpe United | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Proto 7, Eboué 7½, Järdler 7½, Donadel 7, Scharner 6½, Faty 6½, Osman 7, Boa Morte 6½, Platt 7, Bowyer 6, Reid 5½ | | Leyton Orient | 1 | 40 Arzo | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Moss 6 | | Attendance: | 13,719 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 19-2 | | MoM: | McGeady |
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| | (4-3-3): Fielding 7, Demel 6½ (64 Croft 7), Taiwo 7, Reid 7, Wolf 7, Cahill 6½, Serkan 7, McGeady 7½, Chamakh 7½, Arzo 7, Valdez 7 | | Leeds United | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Leo Franco 7½, Grygera 6½, Fábio Aurélio 7, Sabri 7½, Jones 7, Kádár 6½, Whaley 7, Edwards 5½, Slusarski 6½, Birley 5½, Olisadebe 6 | | Preston North End | 1 | 27p Koné | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Singh 6½ | | Attendance: | 36,763 | | Possession: | 40%-60% | | Total shots: | 5-13 | | MoM: | Materazzi |
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| | (4-3-3): Viera 6½, Zabaleta 7, Cech 7½, Verón 6½, Plestan 7, Cadú 6, Hibbert 6½, Mario Suárez 6, Koné 7, Souza 6, Di Salvo 6½ (56 Garrido 6½) | | Aston Villa | 2 | 6 McCarthy, 25 McCarthy | | 77 Titov, 83 Cardetti, 84 Cardetti, 86 Charisteas | | (4-3-3): Jones 5½, Degen 7½, Thatcher 7, Galásek 7½, Materazzi 7½, Knight 6½ (51 Cardetti 6), Beckham 7½, Tymoschuk 7, Charisteas 5½, Titov 7, McCarthy 6½ | | QPR | 1 | 25 Okkas | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Stroud 6½ | | Attendance: | 19,040 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 11-22 | | MoM: | Malouda |
| | 50 Kerr | | (4-3-3): Andersen 6½, Colin 6½, Vignal 7½, Grella 6½, Mokoena 6, Hogg 6½ (77 Convey 6), Asamoah 6½, Alex 6½, Okkas 6½, Kerr 6½, Dyer 5½ | | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 84 Iaquinta |
| | (1-3-3-3): Frey 7, Lopo 7½, Jankulovski 8, Toulalan 8, Berezutsky 7 (85 Videkanic 6), Fernando Meira 7½, Marney 7½, Malouda 8, Iaquinta 7, Ignashevich 7, Klose 7 | | Reading | 2 | 27og Lescott, 33 Rothen | | Half-time: | 2-2 | | Referee: | Weilandt 7½ | | Attendance: | 34,158 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 15-9 | | MoM: | Potter |
| | 11 Zamora, 42 Rothen, 48 Golbourne | | (4-3-3): Aranzubía 6, Diana 7, Golbourne 5, Loskov 7½, Baumann 7, Vlaar 6, Potter 8, Rothen 7, Doyle 7½, Zamora 6½, Giménez 8 | | Birmingham City | 3 | 13 Wichniarek, 40 Wichniarek, 62 Wichniarek | | 31 Haas | | (4-3-3): Oakes 5½, Melli 7½, Lescott 7, Tonge 5½, Cláudio Caçapa 7½, Haas 6, Parker 6½, Smart 5½, Wichniarek 7½, Roberts 6, Yakin 6½ | | Rushden & Diamonds | 1 | 75 Tikhonov | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Drysdale 7 | | Attendance: | 6,489 | | Possession: | 46%-54% | | Total shots: | 14-8 | | MoM: | Cuéllar |
| | 53 Taylor | | (4-3-3): Lobont 7, Kvarme 7, Armand 7, Musampa 6½, Diagne-Faye 6½, Taylor 6, Robinson 7, Tikhonov 7, Maccarone 7, Samaras 5½, Sharp 5½ | | Peterborough United | 1 | 30 Jarvis | | 34 Jarvis | | (4-3-3): Cudicini 7, Cuéllar 8, Tarnat 6½, Huggel 7½, Traoré 7½, Karhan 6½, Kringe 7, Jarvis 7, Hashemian 7 (73 Helveg 7), Nørregaard 7 (60 Watson 6), Verbír 6 | | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Whitestone 5½ | | Attendance: | 36,172 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 15-13 | | MoM: | Mathijsen |
| | 13 Ortíz | | (4-3-3): Carroll 6, Ivanovic 7, Bosschaart 7, De Guzman 7 (77 Campbell 6), Kanté 7½, Van Der Struijk 6, Solano 6½, Ortíz 6, Kim 6½, Thomson 6½, Elmander 6½ | | Manchester City | 2 | 5 Foti, 81 Sneijder |
| | (4-3-3): Abbondanzieri 6, Richards 6½, Mathijsen 8, Van Der Vaart 6½, Perea 7 (71 Giggs 6), Van Buyten 6½ (57 Vanden Borre 6), Marcos Senna 7, Sneijder 7, Foti 7, Júlio Baptista 7, Podolski 6 | | Wolves | 2 | 18 Camara, 53 Camara | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Mason 6 | | Attendance: | 28,371 | | Possession: | 39%-61% | | Total shots: | 8-19 | | MoM: | Sibierski |
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| | (4-3-3): Howard 7, Geremi 6½, Naylor 7, Sibierski 8, Josemi 6½, Andrews 6, Gradel 6, Kennedy 6, Cotterill 5½, Melligan 5½, Camara 7 | | Middlesbrough | 0 |
| | 63 Saviola | | (4-3-3): Landreau 8, Finnan 7½, Bouma 7½, Carrick 7, Legrottaglie 7½, Hobbs 6½, Font 7, Saviola 7½, Pizarro 7½, Aimar 7½, Fryatt 6 |
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