| English Premier League |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 1 | 22-Aug-11 | A | Manchester United | L | 0-3 | (0-0) | | 75,498 |
| 2 | 28-Aug-11 | H | Manchester City | L | 1-5 | (0-2) | Kaboul 68 | 36,150 |
| 3 | 10-Sep-11 | A | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | Adebayor 67; Defoe 80 | 25,274 |
| 4 | 18-Sep-11 | H | Liverpool | W | 4-0 | (1-0) | Modric 7; Defoe 66; Adebayor 68, 90 | 36,129 |
| 5 | 24-Sep-11 | A | Wigan Athletic | W | 2-1 | (2-0) | Van der Vaart 3; Bale 23 | 18,788 |
| 6 | 02-Oct-11 | H | Arsenal | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 40; Walker 73 | 36,274 |
| 7 | 16-Oct-11 | A | Newcastle United | D | 2-2 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 40p; Defoe 68 | 46,420 |
| 8 | 23-Oct-11 | A | Blackburn Rovers | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | Van der Vaart 15, 53 | 22,786 |
| 9 | 30-Oct-11 | H | Queens Park Rangers | W | 3-1 | (2-0) | Bale 20, 72; Van der Vaart 33 | 36,147 |
| 10 | 06-Nov-11 | A | Fulham | W | 3-1 | (2-0) | Bale 10; Lennon 45; Defoe 90 | 25,698 |
| 11 | 21-Nov-11 | H | Aston Villa | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | Adebayor 14, 40 | 35,818 |
| 12 | 26-Nov-11 | A | West Bromwich Albion | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | Adebayor 25, 90; Defoe 81 | 24,801 |
| 13 | 03-Dec-11 | H | Bolton Wanderers | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | Bale 7; Lennon 50; Defoe 60 | 35,896 |
| 14 | 11-Dec-11 | A | Stoke City | L | 1-2 | (0-2) | Adebayor 62p | 27,529 |
| 15 | 18-Dec-11 | H | Sunderland | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Pavlyuchenko 61 | 36,021 |
| 16 | 22-Dec-11 | H | Chelsea | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | Adebayor 8 | 36,141 |
| 17 | 27-Dec-11 | A | Norwich City | W | 2-0 | (0-0) | Bale 55, 67 | 26,807 |
| 18 | 31-Dec-11 | A | Swansea City | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 44 | 20,393 |
| 19 | 03-Jan-12 | H | West Bromwich Albion | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | Defoe 63 | 36,062 |
| 20 | 11-Jan-12 | H | Everton | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Lennon 35; Assou-Ekotto 63 | 36,132 |
| 21 | 14-Jan-12 | H | Wolverhampton Wndrs | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Modric 51 | 36,194 |
| 22 | 22-Jan-12 | A | Manchester City | L | 2-3 | (0-0) | Defoe 60; Bale 65 | 47,422 |
| 23 | 31-Jan-12 | H | Wigan Athletic | W | 3-1 | (2-0) | Bale 29, 64; Modric 34 | 35,801 |
| 24 | 06-Feb-12 | A | Liverpool | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 44,461 |
| 25 | 11-Feb-12 | H | Newcastle United | W | 5-0 | (4-0) | Assou-Ekotto 4; Saha 6, 20; Kranjcar 34; Adebayor 64 | 36,176 |
| 26 | 26-Feb-12 | A | Arsenal | L | 2-5 | (2-2) | Saha 4; Adebayor 34p | 60,106 |
| 27 | 04-Mar-12 | H | Manchester United | L | 1-3 | (0-1) | Defoe 87 | 36,034 |
| 28 | 10-Mar-12 | A | Everton | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | | 34,992 |
| 29 | 21-Mar-12 | H | Stoke City | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | Van der Vaart 90 | 35,172 |
| 30 | 24-Mar-12 | A | Chelsea | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 41,830 |
| 31 | 01-Apr-12 | H | Swansea City | W | 3-1 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 19; Adebayor 73, 86 | 36,174 |
| 32 | 07-Apr-12 | A | Sunderland | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 39,335 |
| 33 | 09-Apr-12 | H | Norwich City | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | Defoe 33 | 36,126 |
| 34 | 21-Apr-12 | A | Queens Park Rangers | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | | 18,021 |
| 35 | 29-Apr-12 | H | Blackburn Rovers | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 22; Walker 75 | 35,798 |
| 36 | 02-May-12 | A | Bolton Wanderers | W | 4-1 | (1-0) | Modric 37; Van der Vaart 60; Adebayor 62, 69 | 22,349 |
| 37 | 06-May-12 | A | Aston Villa | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | Adebayor 62p | 36,008 |
| 38 | 13-May-12 | H | Fulham | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | Adebayor 2; Defoe 63 | 36,256 |
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| FA Cup |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 3 | 07-Jan-12 | H | Cheltenham Town | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | Defoe 24; Pavlyuchenko 43; Santos Giovani 87 | 35,672 |
| 4 | 27-Jan-12 | A | Watford | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | Van der Vaart 42 | 15,384 |
| 5 | 19-Feb-12 | A | Stevenage | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 6,332 |
| 5r | 07-Mar-12 | H | Stevenage | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | Defoe 26, 75; Adebayor 55p | 35,757 |
| QF | 27-Mar-12 | H | Bolton Wanderers | W | 3-1 | (0-0) | Nelsen 74; Bale 77; Saha 90 | 30,718 |
| SF | 15-Apr-12 | H | Chelsea | L | 1-5 | (0-1) | Bale 56 | 85,731 |
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| League Cup |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| 3 | 20-Sep-11 | A | Stoke City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | [aet, pen 7-6] | 15,023 |
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| Europa League Finals |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| Gp a | 15-Sep-11 | A | PAOK Thessaloníki | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | 24,000 |
| Gp a | 29-Sep-11 | H | Shamrock Rovers | W | 3-1 | (0-0) | Pavlyuchenko 60; Defoe 61; Santos Giovani 65 | --,--- |
| Gp a | 20-Oct-11 | H | Rubin Kazan | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | Pavlyuchenko 33 | 24,058 |
| Gp a | 03-Nov-11 | A | Rubin Kazan | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | | 20,000 |
| Gp a | 30-Nov-11 | H | PAOK Thessaloníki | L | 1-2 | (1-2) | Modric 39p | 26,229 |
| Gp a | 15-Dec-11 | A | Shamrock Rovers | W | 4-0 | (3-0) | Pienaar 29; Townsend 38; Defoe 45; Kane 90 | 7,500 |
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| Europa League Qual |
| Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Scorers | Attend |
| PO L1 | 18-Aug-11 | A | Heart of Midlothian | W | 5-0 | (3-0) | Van der Vaart 5; Defoe 13; Livermore 28; Bale 63; Lennon 78 | --,--- |
| PO L2 | 25-Aug-11 | H | Heart of Midlothian | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | | --,--- |
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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.