| Round 26 | | Barnsley | 2 | 44 Pedersen, 54p Nedved | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Friend 6½ | | Attendance: | 24,845 | | Possession: | 55%-45% | | Total shots: | 21-7 | | MoM: | Pedersen |
| | 73 Crespo | | (4-4-2): Fromlowitz 7, Neville 8, Taylor 7½, Neville 7, Dellas 7½, Clement 6, McCann 7, López 8, Crespo 7½, Nedved 8, Pedersen 8 | | Bristol City | 1 | 82 Johnson | | 58 Noble | | (4-3-3): Lastùvka 7, Hibbert 7, McAllister 6½, Johnson 6½, Fontaine 6, Carey 6½, De Mul 6½, Carle 6, Trundle 6, Noble 5½, Sproule 6 | | Carlisle United | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Swarbrick 6 | | Attendance: | 16,093 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 9-11 | | MoM: | Faizulin |
| | 68 Beattie | | (4-4-2): Butt 6, Maggio 8, Tosic 7, Verón 8, Kladrubský 7, Fuentes 7, Faizulin 8, Lanig 7 (76 Osvaldo 6), Beattie 7, Phillips 6½, Robertson 6 | | Derby County | 2 | 46 Villa, 49 Villa |
| | (4-3-3): Carroll 6, O'Brien 7½, Dingsdag 6½, Chantôme 6½, Dainelli 7, Thomas 5½, Galásek 7, Greening 6½, Villa 7½, Vokes 6, Miller 6 | | Colchester United | 1 | 40 Lisbie | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Booth 6 | | Attendance: | 6,037 | | Possession: | 40%-60% | | Total shots: | 7-19 | | MoM: | Gökhan |
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| | (4-3-1-2): Krul 5½, Platt 6, Wallace 6½, Marlos 7, Walton 6½, Wilson 7, Ducasse 7, Lisbie 6½, Duguid 7½, Bajrami 6, Nkoulou Ndoubena 6 | | Crystal Palace | 3 | 12 Pjanic, 17 Kolkka, 79 Hyypiä |
| | (4-4-2): Handanovic 6, Ivanovic 7½, Simunic 7½, Hyypiä 7½, Hansson 7, Zokora 6½, Kolkka 7½, Pjanic 7, Kalou 6½ (86 Bernardello 6), Ibisevic 7, Gökhan 8 | | Hull City | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Musselwhite 7 | | Attendance: | 25,375 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 12-18 | | MoM: | Upson | | TV: | live |
| | 54 Hughes | | (4-3-3): Myhill 6, Ricketts 6½, Dawson 6, Ashbee 7½, Turner 6½, Hall 6½, Hughes 6, Torres 7 (62 Marney 6), Bent 6½ (75 Folan 6), Campbell 5, Ramires 7 | | Sunderland | 4 | 26 Owen, 34 Johnson, 49 Downing, 56 Shorey |
| | (4-4-2): Hart 5, Johnson 7½, Shorey 7, Upson 7½, Campbell 7½, Parker 6½, Jenas 7½, Bentley 6½, Milner 7½, Owen 7½, Downing 7 | | Norwich City | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Salisbury 7½ | | Attendance: | 25,634 | | Possession: | 45%-55% | | Total shots: | 7-12 | | MoM: | Jordan |
| | 26 Croft | | (4-3-3): Steele 6, Neill 7½, Dossena 6½, Butt 7, Evans 6½, Mullins 6, Routledge 6½, Smart 6, Renton 5½, Croft 7, Hunt 7 (68 Russell 6) | | Burnley | 1 | 51 Ambrose |
| | (4-3-3): Jensen 7, Alexander 6½ (51 Fortune 7), Jordan 8, Mahon 7 (69 Unsworth 7½), Knight 6½, Ridgewell 6, Elliott 7½, Ambrose 7, Anichebe 7, Lee 5½, Rodriguez 6½ | | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 67 Tomasov | | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Whitestone 5½ | | Attendance: | 30,561 | | Possession: | 42%-58% | | Total shots: | 11-10 | | MoM: | Cannavaro | | TV: | highlights |
| | 1 Emerton, 27 Balotelli Barwuah | | (4-4-2): Gordon 5½, Zabaleta 6, Vignal 7½, Ibricic 7½, Cannavaro 7½, Marcano 6½, Emerton 7, Berger 7, Balotelli Barwuah 7, Tomasov 6½, Amrabat 6½ | | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 42 Bordon, 67 Nolan, 90+1 Poulsen |
| | (4-4-2): Jääskeläinen 6, Gamberini 6, Roberto Carlos 7½, Rozehnal 7, Bordon 7½, Poulsen 7, Cole 5½, Pienaar 6, Nolan 7, Valencia 7 (67 Kovac 7½), Diouf 6½ | | Preston North End | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Hall 7½ | | Attendance: | 20,408 | | Possession: | 47%-53% | | Total shots: | 5-16 | | MoM: | O'Shea |
| | 63 Dosek | | (4-3-3): Andersson 7½, Chahed 7½, Gresko 6½, Feldhofer 7, Ferdinand 6½, Krstajic 7 (83 St Ledger 6), McKenna 6½, Dosek 6½, Brown 6½, Chaplow 6, Tapia 6½ | | Ipswich Town | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Shovkovskyi 7½, Finnan 7, José Enrique 7½, O'Shea 8½, Katsouranis 8, Bocanegra 7½, Smertin 7½, Huszti 6½, Bent 7½, Saganowski 6½, Inzaghi 7 | | QPR | 3 | 44 Reid, 51 Robinson, 61 Reid | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Haywood 6½ | | Attendance: | 19,142 | | Possession: | 57%-43% | | Total shots: | 14-18 | | MoM: | Murphy |
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| | (4-3-3): Oakes 7, Craddock 7, Robinson 7½, Murphy 8, Leigertwood 7½, Stewart 6½, Davies 6½, Reid 7½, Blackstock 7, Moore 6½, Maloney 6 | | Charlton Athletic | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Mihaylov 7, Ghionea 5½, Ball 7, Gray 8, Sodje 7 (66 Dickson 6), Sun 5½, Sam 5½, Emre 7, Varney 6, Todorov 5½, Klasnic 6 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-2 | | Referee: | Bates 6½ | | Attendance: | 35,744 | | Possession: | 39%-61% | | Total shots: | 6-15 | | MoM: | Ferguson |
| | 58 Clarke, 65 Budan | | (4-3-3): Abbiati 5½, Pablo Amo 6½, Koikili 7½, Borja 7½, Spurr 6½, Wood 6½, Johnson 6½, Gurpegui 6, Budan 7, Clarke 5½, Tudgay 5½ | | Watford | 3 | 42 Dzagoev, 45p Henderson, 90+1 Bouma |
| | (4-3-3): Sørensen 6, Simpson 7½, Bouma 7½, Ferguson 9, Shittu 7, Fernando 7, Zuculini 7 (70 McAnuff 7½), Vitale 7½, Henderson 7, Dzagoev 7, Smith 6½ | | Stoke City | 4 | 33 Fuller, 56 Beerens, 82 Lawrence, 85 Whelan | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Vurens 7 | | Attendance: | 28,159 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 16-7 | | MoM: | Nyatanga |
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| | (3-4-2-1): Keller 7½, Griffin 7½, Collins 7, Whelan 7½, Lawrence 8, Shawcross 8, Delap 8, Petrás 7, Fuller 6½, Ireland 5 (81 Sarpong 6), Beerens 7½ | | Southampton | 0 |
| | 72 Jones | | (4-4-2): Jones 7, Davies 7½, Nyatanga 8, O'Hara 7½, Kaboul 7½, Mancienne 6½, Barnes 7, Commons 6½, Waghorn 6½ (76 McGugan 6), Lallana 6, Surman 6½ | | Swansea City | 3 | 3 Pedro, 6 Pedro, 63 Sakiri | | Half-time: | 2-1 | | Referee: | Graham 7½ | | Attendance: | 20,329 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 20-11 | | MoM: | Monk |
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| | (4-3-3): Aerts 7, Monk 8½, Rodríguez 7, Bodde 7½, Pothuizen 7½, Painter 7, Pedro 7, Sakiri 7½, Jonathan 6½, Bou 6½, Haas 5½ | | Leicester City | 1 | 4 Howard |
| | (4-3-3): Romero 7, Gunter 7, Kallio 7½, Hamann 6½, McAuley 7, Johnson 6½, Hume 6½, Alfaro 5½, Howard 7, Kim 6, Hammond 5½ | | Wolves | 3 | 13 Ebanks-Blake, 40p Ebanks-Blake, 61 Walcott | | Half-time: | 2-0 | | Referee: | Taylor 7 | | Attendance: | 29,205 | | Possession: | 54%-46% | | Total shots: | 27-5 | | MoM: | Mathieu |
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| | (4-4-2): Ospina 7½, Cetto 7, Díaz 7, Rolando 7, Mathieu 8, Sidwell 6½, Kacar 7, Kranjcar 7½, Ebanks-Blake 7, Walcott 7, Gignac 7 | | Plymouth Argyle | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Larrieu 7, Volkan 6½, Sawyer 7½, Sándor 7, Baird 7 (59 Abdou 6½), Morgan 6, Morrison 6, Sarmov 6, Ameobi 6, Long 5½, Mackie 5½ | | Round 27 | | Bolton Wanderers | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Stroud 6½ | | Attendance: | 30,819 | | Possession: | 60%-40% | | Total shots: | 18-11 | | MoM: | Roberto Carlos |
| | 19 Bordon, 43 Pienaar, 46 Diouf, 70 Poulsen, 78 Cole | | (4-4-2): Jääskeläinen 6, Gamberini 6, Roberto Carlos 8, Rozehnal 7½, Bordon 7½, Poulsen 7, Güiza 7½, Pienaar 7, Nolan 7 (56 Cole 7), Valencia 7, Diouf 7 | | Stoke City | 1 | 42 Beerens |
| | (3-4-2-1): Keller 6½, Griffin 6, Collins 6, Whelan 6½, Lawrence 6½, Shawcross 6, Delap 6½, Petrás 7, Fuller 6, Ireland 7 (81 Sarpong 6), Beerens 6½ | | Bristol City | 1 | 64 Carle | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Mathieson 8 | | Attendance: | 21,369 | | Possession: | 45%-55% | | Total shots: | 17-12 | | MoM: | Zabaleta |
| | 30 Carey | | (4-3-3): Lastùvka 6½, Hibbert 7, McAllister 7, Johnson 7½, Fontaine 6, Carey 6, De Mul 7, Carle 7, Trundle 6½, Noble 6½, Sproule 5½ | | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 67 Tomasov | | 34 Tomasov, 89 Cannavaro | | (4-4-2): Gordon 7½, Zabaleta 8, Vignal 7½, Ibricic 7, Cannavaro 7½, Marcano 7, Emerton 7½, Amrabat 7½, Balotelli Barwuah 7½, Tomasov 7, Lavezzi 7 | | Burnley | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Crossley 8 | | Attendance: | 21,445 | | Possession: | 46%-54% | | Total shots: | 9-12 | | MoM: | Turner |
| | 77 Ambrose | | (4-3-3): Jensen 6, Alexander 7½, Jordan 7, Mahon 7, Knight 7, Ridgewell 6, Elliott 7½, Ambrose 7½, Anichebe 7, Lee 6, Rodriguez 6 | | Hull City | 2 | 12 Torres, 78 Folan |
| | (4-3-3): Myhill 6½, Ricketts 7½, Dawson 7½, Ashbee 7, Turner 8, Hall 7, Eagles 7 (71 Hughes 6½), Torres 7, Folan 6½, Campbell 5½, Ramires 6½ | | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 32 Varney, 63 Varney | | Half-time: | 1-2 | | Referee: | Beeck 8½ | | Attendance: | 26,980 | | Possession: | 48%-52% | | Total shots: | 9-12 | | MoM: | McCann |
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| | (4-3-3): Mihaylov 5½, Ghionea 6½, Ball 7, Gray 7, Sodje 6 (66 Dickson 6½), Sun 6, Sam 7, Emre 6½, Varney 6½, Todorov 5½, Klasnic 6 | | Barnsley | 3 | 21 López, 28 Crespo, 52 Crespo | | 66 Neville | | (4-4-2): Fromlowitz 6½, Neville 7½, Taylor 7½, Neville 7½, Dellas 7½, Clement 6½, McCann 8, López 7½, Crespo 7½, Nedved 7, Pedersen 7 | | Crystal Palace | 3 | 29 Marin, 64 Kalou, 78 Kalou | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Hinz 5½ | | Attendance: | 26,101 | | Possession: | 61%-39% | | Total shots: | 24-11 | | MoM: | Hyypiä |
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| | (4-4-2): Handanovic 7½, Ivanovic 7½, Simunic 8, Hyypiä 8½, Hansson 7½, Zokora 7 (21 Ogbuke 7), Kolkka 7½, Pjanic 5½ (16 Marin 8), Kalou 7, Ibisevic 7½, Gökhan 8 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 |
| | 2 Wood, 69 Budan, 81 Clarke | | (4-3-3): Abbiati 7½, Pablo Amo 6, Koikili 8, Borja 6½, Spurr 6, Wood 6, Johnson 6, Gurpegui 6, Budan 5, Clarke 5½, Tudgay 5½ | | Derby County | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-1 | | Referee: | Pike 5 | | Attendance: | 33,407 | | Possession: | 56%-44% | | Total shots: | 7-14 | | MoM: | Cetto |
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| | (4-3-3): Carroll 7, O'Brien 6, Dingsdag 6, Chantôme 7½, Dainelli 6, Thomas 6½, Galásek 6½, Greening 7 (66 Årst 7), Villa 7, Vokes 6, Miller 6½ | | Wolves | 1 | 8og Greening |
| | (4-4-2): Ospina 6½, Cetto 8½, Díaz 6½, Rolando 6½, Mathieu 7½, Sidwell 7, Kacar 6½, Kranjcar 6½, Ebanks-Blake 7, Walcott 7, Gignac 6 | | Ipswich Town | 3 | 23 Bent, 37 Huszti, 44 Saganowski | | Half-time: | 3-0 | | Referee: | Scott 5½ | | Attendance: | 30,221 | | Possession: | 52%-48% | | Total shots: | 14-7 | | MoM: | Bent |
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| | (4-3-3): Shovkovskyi 7½, Finnan 7½, José Enrique 6½, O'Shea 6½, Katsouranis 7½, Bocanegra 6½, Smertin 7, Huszti 7, Bent 8, Saganowski 5½ (48 Ashton 6½), Inzaghi 7½ | | Norwich City | 0 |
| | 56 Evans | | (4-3-3): Steele 7½, Neill 7, Dossena 7, Butt 7½, Evans 6½, Mullins 6½, Routledge 7½, Smart 6, Renton 5½, Croft 6½, Hunt 7 (68 Russell 6½) | | Leicester City | 4 | 4 Hammond, 15 Alfaro, 41 Howard, 59 Howard | | Half-time: | 3-0 | | Referee: | Hegley 6 | | Attendance: | 23,953 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 18-8 | | MoM: | Ducasse |
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| | (4-3-3): Romero 7½, Gunter 7½, Kallio 7, Hamann 7½, McAuley 7, Johnson 6, Hume 7½, Alfaro 7, Howard 7½, Kim 5½, Hammond 7 | | Colchester United | 0 |
| | 78 Duguid | | (4-3-1-2): Krul 7½, Platt 6½, Wallace 7½, Marlos 6½, Walton 7, Wilson 7½, Ducasse 8, Lisbie 7, Duguid 7, Bajrami 6½, Nkoulou Ndoubena 6 | | Plymouth Argyle | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Galanopoulos 6½ | | Attendance: | 18,247 | | Possession: | 51%-49% | | Total shots: | 10-10 | | MoM: | Abdou |
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| | (4-3-3): Larrieu 6½, Volkan 6½, Sawyer 6, Sándor 6½, Baird 7 (59 Abdou 7½), Morgan 7, Morrison 7, Sarmov 7, Ameobi 7, Long 5½, Mackie 6 | | QPR | 1 | 56 Blackstock |
| | (4-3-3): Oakes 7½, Craddock 6, Robinson 7, Murphy 7, Leigertwood 6½, Stewart 6½, Davies 7, Reid 7, Blackstock 6½, Moore 6, Maloney 7 | | Southampton | 1 | 56 Lallana | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Thorpe 7 | | Attendance: | 18,466 | | Possession: | 35%-65% | | Total shots: | 11-13 | | MoM: | Chahed |
| | 12 Lallana, 84 McGugan | | (4-4-2): Jones 7, Davies 6½, Nyatanga 7, O'Hara 7, Kaboul 7, Mancienne 6½, Barnes 6, Commons 6, Waghorn 6½ (76 McGugan 6), Lallana 6½, Surman 6 | | Preston North End | 1 | 53 McKenna | | 84 Krstajic | | (4-3-3): Andersson 7½, Chahed 8½, Gresko 8, Feldhofer 7½, Ferdinand 7½, Krstajic 7½, Sedgwick 6½, Dosek 7½, Brown 6½, McKenna 7, Tapia 6½ | | Sunderland | 1 | 13 Milner | | Half-time: | 1-0 | | Referee: | Probert 5½ | | Attendance: | 48,999 | | Possession: | 60%-40% | | Total shots: | 20-9 | | MoM: | Johnson |
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| | (4-4-2): Hart 7½, Johnson 8, Shorey 7, Upson 7½, Campbell 7½, Parker 7, Jenas 8, Bentley 6½, Milner 6½, Owen 7, Downing 7½ | | Carlisle United | 0 |
| | 1 Verón, 4 Beattie | | (4-4-2): Butt 7½, Maggio 6½, Tosic 6½, Verón 7, Kladrubský 7½, Fuentes 7, Faizulin 6½, Lanig 6½ (76 Osvaldo 6), Beattie 6½, Phillips 6, Robertson 6 | | Watford | 0 |
| | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Shoebridge 6 | | Attendance: | 20,776 | | Possession: | 56%-44% | | Total shots: | 8-15 | | MoM: | Ferguson |
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| | (4-3-3): Sørensen 7½, Simpson 8, Bouma 8, Ferguson 8, Shittu 7½, Fernando 7, Zuculini 7 (72 Holla 6), Vitale 8, Henderson 5½, Dzagoev 7½, Smith 6½ | | Swansea City | 0 |
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| | (4-3-3): Aerts 7, Monk 7, Rodríguez 7, Bodde 6½, Pothuizen 6½, Painter 6, Pedro 6½, Sakiri 7, Jonathan 6, Pratley 6, Haas 6 | | Round 13 | | Southampton | 1 | 68 Lallana | | Half-time: | 0-0 | | Referee: | Wright 6½ | | Attendance: | 20,210 | | Possession: | 44%-56% | | Total shots: | 10-8 | | MoM: | Mahon |
| | 76 Surman | | (4-4-2): Jones 7, Davies 7, Nyatanga 6½, O'Hara 8, Kaboul 6, Mancienne 6, Barnes 7, Commons 6½, Waghorn 6½ (76 McGugan 6), Lallana 6½, Surman 6 | | Burnley | 1 | 56 Ambrose | | 18 Rodriguez, 47 Anichebe | | (4-3-3): Jensen 6½, Alexander 6½ (56 Fortune 7), Jordan 6½, Mahon 8½, Knight 7½, Ridgewell 6½, Elliott 7, Ambrose 6½, Anichebe 6½, Lee 6½, Rodriguez 5½ |
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