Step 1: Select Rows (row 20, row 28, row 32, row 18, row 27, row 22, row 17, row 21, row 35, row 31, row 24, row 16, row 25, row 26, row 13, row 34, row 15, row 12, row 38, row 29, row 30, row 19, row 14, row 33, row 37, row 23, row 36) and Select Columns (opponents, league position, date)
| date | opponents | h / a | result f - a | attendance | league position |
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| 13 august 2005 | everton | a | 2 - 0 | 38610 | 4th |
| 20 august 2005 | aston villa | h | 1 - 0 | 67934 | 4th |
| 28 august 2005 | newcastle united | a | 2 - 0 | 52327 | 4th |
| 10 september 2005 | manchester city | h | 1 - 1 | 67839 | 4th |
| 18 september 2005 | liverpool | a | 0 - 0 | 44917 | 3rd |
| 24 september 2005 | blackburn rovers | h | 1 - 2 | 67765 | 6th |
| 1 october 2005 | fulham | a | 3 - 2 | 21862 | 4th |
| 15 october 2005 | sunderland | a | 3 - 1 | 39085 | 3rd |
| 22 october 2005 | tottenham hotspur | h | 1 - 1 | 67856 | 5th |
| 29 october 2005 | middlesbrough | a | 1 - 4 | 30579 | 7th |
| 6 november 2005 | chelsea | h | 1 - 0 | 67864 | 4th |
| 19 november 2005 | charlton athletic | a | 3 - 1 | 26730 | 3rd |
| 27 november 2005 | west ham united | a | 2 - 1 | 34755 | 2nd |
| 3 december 2005 | portsmouth | h | 3 - 0 | 67684 | 2nd |
| 11 december 2005 | everton | h | 1 - 1 | 67831 | 3rd |
| 14 december 2005 | wigan athletic | h | 4 - 0 | 67793 | 2nd |
| 17 december 2005 | aston villa | a | 2 - 0 | 37128 | 2nd |
| 26 december 2005 | west bromwich albion | h | 3 - 0 | 67972 | 2nd |
| 28 december 2005 | birmingham city | a | 2 - 2 | 28459 | 2nd |
| 31 december 2005 | bolton wanderers | h | 4 - 1 | 67858 | 2nd |
| 3 january 2006 | arsenal | a | 0 - 0 | 38313 | 2nd |
| 14 january 2006 | manchester city | a | 1 - 3 | 47192 | 2nd |
| 22 january 2006 | liverpool | h | 1 - 0 | 67874 | 2nd |
| 1 february 2006 | blackburn rovers | a | 3 - 4 | 25484 | 2nd |
| 4 february 2006 | fulham | h | 4 - 2 | 67844 | 2nd |
| 11 february 2006 | portsmouth | a | 3 - 1 | 20206 | 2nd |
| 6 march 2006 | wigan athletic | a | 2 - 1 | 23524 | 2nd |
| 12 march 2006 | newcastle united | h | 2 - 0 | 67858 | 2nd |
| 18 march 2006 | west bromwich albion | a | 2 - 1 | 27623 | 2nd |
| 26 march 2006 | birmingham city | h | 3 - 0 | 69070 | 2nd |
| 29 march 2006 | west ham united | h | 1 - 0 | 69522 | 2nd |
| 1 april 2006 | bolton wanderers | a | 2 - 1 | 27718 | 2nd |
| 9 april 2006 | arsenal | h | 2 - 0 | 70908 | 2nd |
| 14 april 2006 | sunderland | h | 0 - 0 | 72519 | 2nd |
| 17 april 2006 | tottenham hotspur | a | 2 - 1 | 36141 | 2nd |
| 29 april 2006 | chelsea | a | 0 - 3 | 42219 | 2nd |
| 1 may 2006 | middlesbrough | h | 0 - 0 | 69531 | 2nd |
| 7 may 2006 | charlton athletic | h | 4 - 0 | 73006 | 2nd |