| | League position: | 13 | | Home league form: | WWXL | | Overall league form: | WWWLLLXX | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
| | | Line-ups | | Dean BRILL | 5½ | 1 | 6½ | Marcus HAHNEMANN(c) | | Tal BEN HAIM | 7½ | 2 | 7 | Ryan TAYLOR | | JUANFRAN | 7 | 3 | 7½ | Stephen WARD | | (c)Massimo AMBROSINI | 8 | 4 | 7 | Thierry RACON | | Carlos DIOGO | 6½ | 5 | 6½ | Tyrone MEARS | | Marek HEINZ | 6 | 6 | 6½ | David LILLEY | | David BELL | 6 | 7 | 7 | Damien JOHNSON | | Chris McCANN | 7 | 8 | 7 | Eddie LEWIS | | (p)Steven FLETCHER | 7 | 9 | 7 | MANUCHO(p) | | (f)Danny GUTHRIE | 7½ | 10 | 6 | Chris SEDGWICK(f) | | RIVALDO | 7 | 11 | 6 | Michael PROCTOR | | Manager | | | Lee HENDRIE | | 12 | | Junior AGOGO | | James JOWSEY | | 13 | | | | Jonathan FORTE | | 14 | | Bratislav RISTIC | | Rob EARNSHAW | | 15 | | Ritchie JONES | | Angelo BALANTA | | 16 | | Craig WOODMAN |
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| | | | League position: | 18 | | Away league form: | LLXW | | Overall league form: | WLLLXXOX | | Formation: | 4-3-3 |
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