| 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 | ||||
| 334 | 809 | 2.42 | 149 | 44.61% | 91 | 27.25% | 94 | 28.14% |
| 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 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 55 | WLWL | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 53 | WWLL | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Sunderland | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 50 | XLWL | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | ||
| 4 | Reading | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 48 | LOLW | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sheffield United | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 48 | WLWW | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | |
| 6 | 1 | West Ham United | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | LWXW | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |
| 7 | Millwall | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 42 | LLWW | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Derby County | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 42 | WLLW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |
| 9 | 1 | Preston North End | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 39 | -1 | 42 | WWWO | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |
| 10 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 39 | LWWX | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |
| 11 | 2 | Burnley | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 39 | WWLW | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
| 12 | 1 | Stoke City | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 38 | LLLO | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 13 | 1 | QPR | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 37 | LOLL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | |
| 14 | Leeds United | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 36 | WLWW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Leicester City | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 35 | WLLX | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1 | Watford | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 31 | +0 | 33 | LWOL | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | |
| 17 | 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 39 | -6 | 33 | LXLW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | |
| 18 | 2 | Brighton & HA | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 35 | -13 | 33 | WOXW | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |
| 19 | 1 | Wolves | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 32 | LXXX | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |
| 20 | 1 | Coventry City | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 44 | -10 | 32 | LWLL | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 30 | WWOX | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||
| 22 | Gillingham | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 47 | -20 | 26 | XOWL | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 23 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 24 | LWLL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 26 | ||
| 24 | Rotherham United | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 19 | WLXW | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 18 | Dean ASHTON (Crewe Alexandra, 3p) | |
| 17 | +2 | Nathan ELLINGTON (Wigan Athletic, 1p) |
| 14 | Paul FURLONG (QPR) | |
| 12 | Darren BENT (Ipswich Town) | |
| Dave KITSON (Reading, 3p) | ||
| Jason ROBERTS (Wigan Athletic, 1p) | ||
| Shefki KUQI (Ipswich Town) | ||
| 11 | Teddy SHERINGHAM (West Ham United, 1p) | |
| Richard CRESSWELL (Preston North End) | ||
| +1 | David HEALY (Leeds United, 1p) | |
| 10 | Marlon HAREWOOD (West Ham United, 3p) | |
| Robbie BLAKE (Burnley, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Heiưar HELGUSON (Watford) | |
| Stephen ELLIOTT (Sunderland) | ||
| 9 | Kenny MILLER (Wolves, 1p) | |
| Danny WEBBER (Watford) | ||
| Grzegorz RASIAK (Derby County) | ||
| 8 | Andy GRAY (Sheffield United) | |
| +1 | Tommy SMITH (Derby County) | |
| Lee McCULLOCH (Wigan Athletic) | ||
| Paul SHAW (Sheffield United) | ||
| +2 | Peter THORNE (Cardiff City) |
| Monday, 3 January 2005 | |||||
| 28 | Brighton & HA | 2-1 | Watford | ||
| 15 | Mayo | 11 | Helguson | ||
| 69 | Knight | ||||
| 28 | Coventry City | 1-2 | Leeds United | ||
| 82 | McSheffrey | 28 | Blake | ||
| 65 | Healy | ||||
| 28 | Crewe Alexandra | 1-2 | Preston North End | ||
| 81 | Walker | 9 | Sedgwick | ||
| 59 | O'Neil | ||||
| 28 | Leicester City | 1-0 | QPR | ||
| 9 | Connolly | ||||
| 28 | Millwall | 1-2 | Rotherham United | ||
| 16 | Dunne | 43 | Butler | ||
| 69 | Scott | ||||
| 28 | Plymouth Argyle | 1-2 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 87 | Evans | 67 | Currie | ||
| 85 | Currie | ||||
| 28 | Reading | 0-1 | Derby County | ||
| 45 | Smith | ||||
| 28 | Sunderland | 1-1 | Gillingham | ||
| 19 | Brown | 15 | Henderson | ||
| 28 | Stoke City | 0-1 | Burnley | ||
| 79 | Cahill | ||||
| 28 | West Ham United | 0-2 | Sheffield United | ||
| 40(og) | Repka | ||||
| 60 | Bromby | ||||
| 28 | Cardiff City | 3-0 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 55 | Thorne | ||||
| 86 | Thorne | ||||
| 90 | Kavanagh | ||||
| Tuesday, 4 January 2005 | |||||
| 28 | Wigan Athletic | 2-0 | Wolves | ||
| 17 | Ellington | ||||
| 26 | Ellington | ||||