| 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 | ||||
| 366 | 1,018 | 2.78 | 162 | 44.26% | 98 | 26.78% | 106 | 28.96% |
| 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 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 66 | WWXL | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Leicester City | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 64 | WWWL | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | ||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 52 | LLWW | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | ||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 51 | WWXX | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | ||
| 5 | Reading | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | WWLO | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Norwich City | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 46 | XXLX | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |
| 7 | 1 | Wolves | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 45 | LWXW | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | |
| 8 | Watford | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 47 | -10 | 45 | LWWL | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 44 | WLWX | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |
| 10 | 3 | Rotherham United | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 44 | WLWX | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 26 | |
| 11 | 2 | Coventry City | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 43 | LLXO | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |
| 12 | 2 | Millwall | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 45 | -6 | 43 | LWWW | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |
| 13 | 2 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | LLXX | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |
| 14 | Derby County | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 45 | -5 | 41 | LWWX | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Burnley | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 41 | WLXX | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | |
| 16 | Wimbledon | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 50 | +0 | 39 | XWLX | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Gillingham | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 39 | LLWX | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |
| 18 | Preston North End | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 50 | -3 | 38 | WWXL | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | ||
| 19 | Bradford City | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 35 | XWWL | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 29 | ||
| 20 | Walsall | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 33 | LWOL | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 59 | -23 | 28 | WLLL | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | |
| 22 | 1 | Stoke City | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 56 | -22 | 25 | LXLO | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 54 | -25 | 24 | XLLW | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 30 | ||
| 24 | Brighton & HA | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 23 | WLLX | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | ||
| 21 | David JOHNSON (Nottingham Forest, 2p) | |
| 16 | David CONNOLLY (Wimbledon, 2p) | |
| 15 | +2 | Svetoslav TODOROV (Portsmouth) |
| 13 | +1 | Paul DICKOV (Leicester City, 3p) |
| 12 | Paul McVEIGH (Norwich City) | |
| +1 | Neil SHIPPERLEY (Wimbledon, 2p) | |
| Darren BYFIELD (Rotherham United, 1p) | ||
| Alan LEE (Rotherham United, 2p) | ||
| 11 | Andy GRAY (Bradford City, 3p) | |
| Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | ||
| 10 | +1 | Marlon HAREWOOD (Nottingham Forest, 1p) |
| Pablo COUÑAGO (Ipswich Town) | ||
| 9 | Nathan BLAKE (Wolves) | |
| +1 | Andy JOHNSON (Crystal Palace, 2p) | |
| Brian DEANE (Leicester City) | ||
| Steve CLARIDGE (Millwall, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Bobby ZAMORA (Brighton & HA, 2p) | |
| Gareth TAYLOR (Burnley) | ||
| Steve KABBA (Sheffield United) | ||
| Ricardo FULLER (Preston North End) | ||
| +2 | James SCOWCROFT (Leicester City) |
| Saturday, 8 February 2003 | |||||
| 31 | Brighton & HA | 4-1 | Wolves | ||
| 31 | Zamora | 65 | Miller | ||
| 45 | Blackwell | ||||
| 47 | Brooker | ||||
| 67 | Hart | ||||
| 31 | Grimsby Town | 2-0 | Stoke City | ||
| 4 | Boulding | ||||
| 40 | Thompson | ||||
| 31 | Ipswich Town | 3-2 | Sheffield United | ||
| 57 | Bent | 45 | Ndlovu | ||
| 78 | Ambrose | 50 | Windass | ||
| 88 | Bent | ||||
| 31 | Nottingham Forest | 2-1 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 4 | Dawson | 75(p) | Johnson | ||
| 59 | Harewood | ||||
| 31 | Portsmouth | 6-2 | Derby County | ||
| 3 | Merson | 58 | Morris | ||
| 17 | Yakubu | 67(p) | Kinkladze | ||
| 22 | Taylor | ||||
| 73 | Todorov | ||||
| 80 | Yakubu | ||||
| 85 | Todorov | ||||
| 31 | Preston North End | 2-1 | Millwall | ||
| 15 | Lewis | 88 | Kinet | ||
| 25 | Cartwright | ||||
| 31 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-2 | Norwich City | ||
| 66 | Robinson | 18 | Healy | ||
| 76 | Quinn | 43 | Roberts | ||
| 31 | Walsall | 1-4 | Leicester City | ||
| 87 | O'Connor | 41 | Dickov | ||
| 45 | Scowcroft | ||||
| 72 | Elliott | ||||
| 83 | Scowcroft | ||||
| 31 | Watford | 1-2 | Rotherham United | ||
| 62 | Smith | 69 | McIntosh | ||
| 75 | Swailes | ||||
| 31 | Wimbledon | 2-2 | Bradford City | ||
| 47 | Ainsworth | 30 | Jørgensen | ||
| 71 | Shipperley | 60 | Ward | ||
| 31 | Coventry City | 0-1 | Burnley | ||
| 35 | Cox | ||||
| Monday, 10 February 2003 | |||||
| 31 | Reading | 2-1 | Gillingham | ||
| 13 | Chadwick | 10 | Wallace | ||
| 88 | Salako | ||||