| 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 | ||||
| 118 | 291 | 2.46 | 50 | 42.37% | 33 | 27.97% | 35 | 29.66% |
| 2004/05 | 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 | Reading | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 21 | WWWL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 20 | XWOX | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 20 | WXLW | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 4 | 1 | Stoke City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 19 | XOWL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | Sunderland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 17 | WWWW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1 | West Ham United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 17 | LXWW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 7 | 1 | QPR | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 17 | WWWW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | 2 | Watford | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 16 | LWWX | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | Millwall | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 14 | XWLL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 2 | Coventry City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | XOXL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| 11 | 7 | Preston North End | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 13 | WLLW | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 12 | 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 13 | LLLL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| 13 | 1 | Derby County | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 13 | XLWW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| 14 | 1 | Burnley | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | XOOW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | 4 | Leeds United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | LXWW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 16 | 3 | Leicester City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 | LOWW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 12 | XLLL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 2 | Wolves | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 11 | LWWX | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 19 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 | WLLX | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 20 | 1 | Gillingham | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 10 | LLXL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| 21 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 9 | WOLO | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 22 | 1 | Cardiff City | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 8 | WLLO | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 23 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 6 | LXLL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| 24 | Rotherham United | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 5 | XOLL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Danny WEBBER (Watford) | |
| 8 | Nathan ELLINGTON (Wigan Athletic, 1p) | |
| 7 | +2 | Paul FURLONG (QPR) |
| Jason ROBERTS (Wigan Athletic, 1p) | ||
| 6 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves, 1p) | |
| Dave KITSON (Reading, 3p) | ||
| Marcus STEWART (Sunderland) | ||
| 5 | +2 | Ade AKINBIYI (Stoke City) |
| Teddy SHERINGHAM (West Ham United) | ||
| +1 | Andy MORRELL (Coventry City) | |
| Stephen ELLIOTT (Sunderland) | ||
| Dean ASHTON (Crewe Alexandra, 2p) | ||
| 4 | Darren BENT (Ipswich Town) | |
| Marco REICH (Derby County) | ||
| Marcus TUDGAY (Derby County) | ||
| David HEALY (Preston North End, 1p) | ||
| Darren BYFIELD (Gillingham) | ||
| Nicky FORSTER (Reading) | ||
| +2 | Shefki KUQI (Ipswich Town) |
| Friday, 24 September 2004 | |||||
| 10 | Leeds United | 0-1 | Sunderland | ||
| 65 | Robinson | ||||
| Saturday, 25 September 2004 | |||||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 3-2 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 24 | De Vos | 12 | Adams | ||
| 82 | Kuqi | 13 | Crawford | ||
| 85 | Kuqi | ||||
| 10 | Preston North End | 1-0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 40 | Davidson | ||||
| 10 | QPR | 3-2 | Leicester City | ||
| 58 | Cook | 29 | Scowcroft | ||
| 70 | Furlong | 45 | Connolly | ||
| 90 | Furlong | ||||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 1-1 | Millwall | ||
| 87 | Sedgwick | 77 | Ifill | ||
| 10 | Watford | 0-1 | Reading | ||
| 65 | Sidwell | ||||
| 10 | Wolves | 2-3 | Cardiff City | ||
| 12 | Cort | 11 | Parry | ||
| 85 | Ince | 48 | Thorne | ||
| 59 | Kavanagh | ||||
| 10 | Gillingham | 0-1 | Brighton & HA | ||
| 79(p) | Knight | ||||
| 10 | Burnley | 2-2 | Stoke City | ||
| 3 | Moore | 34 | Akinbiyi | ||
| 19(p) | Blake | 50 | Akinbiyi | ||
| 10 | Derby County | 1-1 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 17 | Smith | 19 | McCulloch | ||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 1-1 | Coventry City | ||
| 30 | Black | 15 | Morrell | ||
| Sunday, 26 September 2004 | |||||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 2-1 | West Ham United | ||
| 84 | Evans | 58 | Harewood | ||
| 90 | King | ||||