| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 163 | 434 | 2.66 | 65 | 39.88% | 48 | 29.45% | 50 | 30.67% |
| 2002/03 | 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 | Portsmouth | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 32 | XWWL | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Norwich City | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 29 | XWOW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | Leicester City | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 27 | LOWO | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 27 | WWWL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 24 | OWWX | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Watford | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 24 | LWWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| 7 | Coventry City | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 23 | XXWL | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Burnley | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 22 | XWWW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| 9 | 1 | Rotherham United | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 20 | OXLL | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |
| 10 | Reading | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 20 | WWXW | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Gillingham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 19 | WXLX | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 12 | 1 | Derby County | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 18 | OOXW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |
| 13 | 2 | Wolves | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 17 | WLLW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 16 | XLWL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Bradford City | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 16 | LOXL | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 15 | XLXW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |
| 17 | 1 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | +0 | 14 | XXXO | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
| 18 | 1 | Preston North End | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 14 | XXLL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | |
| 19 | 3 | Stoke City | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 14 | LLXX | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 20 | Millwall | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 13 | LXLW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 12 | WLLL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| 22 | 1 | Wimbledon | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 12 | XXLL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 9 | OLWL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 24 | Brighton & HA | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 4 | LLLL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 1p) | |
| 9 | +1 | Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) |
| 8 | Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United) | |
| Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 2p) | ||
| 6 | +1 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) |
| Malcolm CHRISTIE (Derby County) | ||
| Jamie CURETON (Reading) | ||
| +1 | Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 1p) | |
| +3 | Carl ASABA (Sheffield United, 3p) | |
| 5 | Michael TONGE (Sheffield United) | |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| Jay BOTHROYD (Coventry City) | ||
| +2 | Darren AMBROSE (Ipswich Town) | |
| +1 | Vincent PÉRICARD (Portsmouth) | |
| Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | ||
| Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 2p) | ||
| Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | ||
| Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) | ||
| +2 | David NIELSEN (Norwich City) |
| Saturday, 19 October 2002 | |||||
| 14 | Brighton & HA | 2-4 | Sheffield United | ||
| 23 | Hart | 70 | Brown | ||
| 34 | Barrett | 77 | Asaba | ||
| 86(p) | Asaba | ||||
| 88(p) | Asaba | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 3-0 | Watford | ||
| 2 | Sidibé | ||||
| 33 | Ipoua | ||||
| 90 | James | ||||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 0-0 | Rotherham United | ||
| 14 | Leicester City | 0-1 | Burnley | ||
| 55 | Moore | ||||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 1-1 | Coventry City | ||
| 51 | Péricard | 60 | Davenport | ||
| 14 | Reading | 3-1 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 28 | Forster | 61 | Ambrose | ||
| 40 | Forster | ||||
| 69 | Forster | ||||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 | Bradford City | ||
| 34 | Sibon | 44 | Warnock | ||
| 87(p) | Sibon | ||||
| 14 | Stoke City | 0-2 | Wolves | ||
| 78 | Cameron | ||||
| 90 | Blake | ||||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 2-2 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 77 | Shipperley | 15 | Gray | ||
| 79 | Agyemang | 71 | Johnson | ||
| 14 | Norwich City | 3-1 | Millwall | ||
| 43 | Nielsen | 50 | Claridge | ||
| 59 | Nielsen | ||||
| 73 | Kenton | ||||
| 14 | Walsall | 3-3 | Preston North End | ||
| 21 | Leitão | 38 | Healy | ||
| 26 | Júnior | 75 | Lucketti | ||
| 45(p) | Aranalde | 88 | Alexander | ||
| Sunday, 20 October 2002 | |||||
| 14 | Derby County | 0-0 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Tuesday, 22 October 2002 | |||||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 2-2 | Burnley | ||
| 2 | McGreal | 6 | Gnohéré | ||
| 16 | Ambrose | 90 | Papadopoulos | ||
| Wednesday, 23 October 2002 | |||||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 2-1 | Stoke City | ||
| 62(og) | Handyside | 84 | Greenacre | ||
| 70(p) | Brown | ||||
| 13 | Coventry City | 1-1 | Norwich City | ||
| 22 | Partridge | 90 | McVeigh | ||