| | League position: | 15 | | Home league form: | LXLW | | Overall league form: | XLWXLLLW | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | Scott FLINDERS | 5½ | 1 | 6 | Roy CARROLL | | Martin JIRÁNEK | 7½ | 2 | 7 | Branislav IVANOVIC | | Paul KONCHESKY | 6½ | 3 | 8 | Pascal BOSSCHAART | | Lee CATTERMOLE | 6½ | 4 | 8 | Kevin THOMSON | | Steven SMITH | 6 | 5 | 7 | Cédric KANTÉ | | Craig GARDNER | 6 | 6 | 6½ | Frank VAN DER STRUIJK | | Kevin DAVIES | 6 | 7 | 8 | Nolberto SOLANO(c) | | Martin PETROV | 7 | 8 | 7½ | Mario ORTÍZ | | (c,p)Mark VIDUKA | 6½ | 9 | 7 | KIM Jin-yong(p) | | (f)Sergio PETER | 5½ | 10 | 7 | HASAN Sas(f) | | Morten Gamst PEDERSEN | 6 | 11 | 6½ | Johan ELMANDER | | Manager | | | James WESOLOWSKI | | 12 | | Willo FLOOD | | Luke DANIELS | | 13 | | Dudley CAMPBELL | | Matthew PATTISON | | 14 | | Alex RUSSELL | | Marvin WILLIAMS | | 15 | | Michael BRIDGES | | Billy CLARKE | | 16 | | John TURNER |
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| | | | League position: | 18 | | Away league form: | XLLL | | Overall league form: | LXWLLLXL | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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