| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 156 | 455 | 2.91 | 74 | 47.44% | 36 | 23.08% | 46 | 29.49% |
| 2001/02 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 27 | WWWW | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | Wolves | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 27 | LLWW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 25 | WWLL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 4 | 2 | Coventry City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 24 | WOWW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Burnley | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 23 | XLLX | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |
| 6 | 2 | WBA | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 22 | LWLW | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 7 | 3 | Birmingham City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 21 | WOWO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 8 | 1 | Portsmouth | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 21 | WLWL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
| 9 | 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 20 | LOXL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 10 | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 20 | XOWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 11 | 3 | Wimbledon | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 19 | WLWX | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |
| 12 | 4 | Preston North End | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 19 | WWLX | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| 13 | 2 | Millwall | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 18 | XWOX | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 14 | 4 | Watford | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 17 | WWXX | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 15 | 3 | Bradford City | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 17 | LLLW | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 16 | 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 17 | LWWO | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 16 | LOWO | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 18 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 15 | LLLL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 19 | 1 | Rotherham United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 14 | WOWW | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 20 | 1 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 13 | LLLW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| 21 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 11 | WLLO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| 22 | Barnsley | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 10 | XLLX | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 2 | Walsall | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 9 | LLWO | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| 24 | Stockport County | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 7 | LLXL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | ||
| 12 | Shaun GOATER (Manchester City) | |
| 9 | Clinton MORRISON (Crystal Palace) | |
| Dougie FREEDMAN (Crystal Palace, 2p) | ||
| 8 | Mark ROBINS (Rotherham United, 1p) | |
| 7 | Peter CROUCH (Portsmouth) | |
| Scott DOBIE (WBA) | ||
| 6 | +1 | Iwan ROBERTS (Norwich City) |
| Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon) | ||
| David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 1p) | ||
| Paulo WANCHOPE (Manchester City, 2p) | ||
| Marlon KING (Gillingham, 1p) | ||
| 5 | Eoin JESS (Bradford City) | |
| Bryan HUGHES (Birmingham City) | ||
| Steve CLARIDGE (Millwall) | ||
| +3 | Stern JOHN (Nottingham Forest) | |
| +1 | Jon MACKEN (Preston North End) |
| Friday, 19 October 2001 | |||||
| 14 | Norwich City | 2-0 | WBA | ||
| 13 | Roberts | ||||
| 16 | Rivers | ||||
| Saturday, 20 October 2001 | |||||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 4-0 | Bradford City | ||
| 37 | Marcelo | ||||
| 39 | Sonner | ||||
| 45 | Marcelo | ||||
| 48 | Marcelo | ||||
| 14 | Burnley | 3-3 | Barnsley | ||
| 23(og) | Morgan | 45(p) | Lumsdon | ||
| 36 | Briscoe | 52 | Morgan | ||
| 86(p) | Payton | 88 | Barnard | ||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 0-3 | Watford | ||
| 19 | Hyde | ||||
| 44 | Noble | ||||
| 58 | Hyde | ||||
| 14 | Millwall | 3-3 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 14 | Cahill | 59 | John | ||
| 86 | Ifill | 63 | John | ||
| 90 | Sadlier | 88 | John | ||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 1-0 | Sheffield United | ||
| 40 | Edinburgh | ||||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 | Walsall | ||
| 71 | Sibon | 19 | Byfield | ||
| 90 | Bonvin | ||||
| 14 | Stockport County | 0-1 | Rotherham United | ||
| 43 | Talbot | ||||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 3-1 | Gillingham | ||
| 43 | Cooper | 82 | Butters | ||
| 53 | Cooper | ||||
| 61 | Hughes | ||||
| 14 | Wolves | 0-1 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 45 | Kirovski | ||||
| Sunday, 21 October 2001 | |||||
| 14 | Coventry City | 1-0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 30(p) | Hughes | ||||
| 14 | Preston North End | 2-1 | Manchester City | ||
| 51 | Healy | 38 | Huckerby | ||
| 67 | Macken | ||||