| The Championship |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 1 | 06-Aug-11 | A | Coventry City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Peltier 52 | 21,102 |
| 2 | 13-Aug-11 | H | Reading | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | | 23,399 |
| 3 | 17-Aug-11 | H | Bristol City | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | Nugent 56 | 20,794 |
| 4 | 20-Aug-11 | A | Nottingham Forest | D | 2-2 | (2-0) | Nugent 18; Fernandes 21 | 24,426 |
| 5 | 27-Aug-11 | H | Southampton | W | 3-2 | (3-1) | Vassell 3; Wellens 22; Lambert(og) 45 | 23,808 |
| 6 | 10-Sep-11 | A | Barnsley | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | King 46 | 10,862 |
| 7 | 17-Sep-11 | H | Brighton & Hove Albion | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Abe 46 | 24,128 |
| 8 | 25-Sep-11 | A | Cardiff City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 21,154 |
| 9 | 28-Sep-11 | A | Middlesbrough | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 16,883 |
| 10 | 01-Oct-11 | H | Derby County | W | 4-0 | (2-0) | Nugent 21; Vassell 44; Schlupp 88; Dyer 90 | 22,496 |
| 11 | 16-Oct-11 | A | Birmingham City | L | 0-2 | (0-0) | | 17,102 |
| 12 | 19-Oct-11 | H | Watford | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | Nugent 19; Beckford 36 | 20,304 |
| 13 | 22-Oct-11 | H | Millwall | L | 0-3 | (0-2) | | 21,991 |
| 14 | 29-Oct-11 | A | West Ham United | L | 2-3 | (0-2) | King 58, 74 | 30,410 |
| 15 | 01-Nov-11 | A | Burnley | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | Konchesky 20; Nugent 54; Gallagher 62p | 13,286 |
| 16 | 06-Nov-11 | H | Leeds United | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 27,720 |
| 17 | 20-Nov-11 | H | Crystal Palace | W | 3-0 | (0-0) | Beckford 55; Gallagher 71, 74 | 22,449 |
| 18 | 26-Nov-11 | A | Portsmouth | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | Nugent 74 | 14,391 |
| 19 | 29-Nov-11 | H | Blackpool | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | King 35; Danns 82 | 21,578 |
| 20 | 03-Dec-11 | A | Hull City | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | Konchesky 41 | 20,148 |
| 21 | 10-Dec-11 | H | Peterborough United | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | Gallagher 56 | 25,948 |
| 22 | 17-Dec-11 | A | Doncaster Rovers | L | 1-2 | (1-0) | Nugent 38 | 9,461 |
| 23 | 26-Dec-11 | H | Ipswich Town | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Gallagher 69p | 27,091 |
| 24 | 31-Dec-11 | H | Portsmouth | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | Nugent 24 | 25,356 |
| 25 | 02-Jan-12 | A | Crystal Palace | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | Danns 19; Bamba 37 | 14,468 |
| 26 | 14-Jan-12 | H | Barnsley | L | 1-2 | (1-2) | Dyer 15 | 22,116 |
| 27 | 23-Jan-12 | A | Southampton | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | Nugent 15; Mills 26 | 21,014 |
| 28 | 01-Feb-12 | H | Middlesbrough | D | 2-2 | (1-1) | Nugent 7; Beckford 86 | 20,512 |
| 29 | 04-Feb-12 | A | Brighton & Hove Albion | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 20,223 |
| 30 | 11-Feb-12 | H | Cardiff City | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | Gallagher 41p, 71 | 21,375 |
| 31 | 14-Feb-12 | A | Watford | L | 2-3 | (2-2) | Nugent 11, 18 | 11,800 |
| 32 | 23-Feb-12 | A | Derby County | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | Danns 16 | 28,205 |
| 33 | 03-Mar-12 | H | Coventry City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Nugent 11; Beckford 60 | 25,487 |
| 34 | 06-Mar-12 | A | Bristol City | L | 2-3 | (1-1) | Dyer 41; Danns 77 | 12,033 |
| 35 | 10-Mar-12 | A | Reading | L | 1-3 | (0-1) | Danns 90 | 21,858 |
| 36 | 13-Mar-12 | H | Birmingham City | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | Beckford 34, 90; Schlupp 80 | 21,092 |
| 37 | 21-Mar-12 | A | Blackpool | D | 3-3 | (1-1) | Beckford 38, 73; Nugent 54 | 12,485 |
| 38 | 24-Mar-12 | H | Hull City | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | Dyer 18; Marshall 19 | 23,759 |
| 39 | 27-Mar-12 | H | Nottingham Forest | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 23,412 |
| 40 | 31-Mar-12 | A | Peterborough United | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 10,714 |
| 41 | 07-Apr-12 | H | Doncaster Rovers | W | 4-0 | (1-0) | Drinkwater 33; Peltier 47; Marshall 78; Gallagher 88 | 22,054 |
| 42 | 09-Apr-12 | A | Ipswich Town | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | Marshall 45; Nugent 58 | 18,282 |
| 43 | 14-Apr-12 | A | Millwall | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | Drinkwater 82 | 11,525 |
| 44 | 17-Apr-12 | H | Burnley | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 19,806 |
| 45 | 23-Apr-12 | H | West Ham United | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | Beckford 34 | 23,172 |
| 46 | 28-Apr-12 | A | Leeds United | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | Waghorn 39; Panayiotou 90 | 25,664 |
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| FA Cup |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 3 | 07-Jan-12 | A | Nottingham Forest | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 18,477 |
| 3r | 17-Jan-12 | H | Nottingham Forest | W | 4-0 | (2-0) | Boateng(og) 7; Beckford 30, 50, 57 | 16,210 |
| 4 | 28-Jan-12 | H | Swindon Town | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Beckford 5, 53 | 19,942 |
| 5 | 18-Feb-12 | A | Norwich City | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | St. Ledger 5; Nugent 71 | 26,658 |
| QF | 18-Mar-12 | A | Chelsea | L | 2-5 | (0-2) | Beckford 77; Marshall 88 | 38,276 |
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| League Cup |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 1 | 09-Aug-11 | A | Rotherham United | W | 4-1 | (1-1) | Gallagher 36; Schlupp 53, 63, 71 | 3,717 |
| 2 | 23-Aug-11 | A | Bury | W | 4-2 | (1-1) | Schlupp 21; Gallagher 70; Dyer 77; Danns 90 | 3,779 |
| 3 | 21-Sep-11 | A | Cardiff City | D | 2-2 | (1-1) | Howard 40; Dyer 66 [aet, pen 7-6] | 8,697 |
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Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.