| Date | Opponents | V | Comp | Res | Scorers | Att | Away | R | G | Pos |
| Fri 10 Jul | ÉTOILE CAROUGE | a | F | W2-1 | Jutkiewicz 16, Boyd 56 | |||||
| (Dupont 81p) | ||||||||||
| Sat 18 Jul | ACCRINGTON | a | F | L2-4 | Jutkiewicz 32p, Vossen 35 | 2,100 | R | |||
| (Conneely 2, Crooks 6,84, McConville 9) | ||||||||||
| Tue 21 Jul | RANGERS | a | F | W1-0 | Arfield 35 | 22,344 | R | |||
| Wed 21 Jul | ST. MIRREN | a | F | W3-0 | O'Neill 9,27 Taylor 52 | 0 | ||||
| Sat 25 Jul | CHESTERFIELD | a | F | L2-3 | Jutkiewicz 14, Boyd 22 | 530 | R | |||
| (Orrell 25, Gnanduillet 67, Harrison 88) | ||||||||||
| Tue 28 Jul | FLEETWOOD | a | F | W2-0 | Ward 14, Sordell 26p | 3,704 | 1,281 | R | ||
| Sat 01 Aug | BRADFORD CITY | h | F | W2-0 | Jutkiewicz 32, Taylor 74 | 4,825 | 943 | R | ||
| Sat 08 Aug | LEEDS | a | C | D1-1 | Vokes 86 | 27,672 | 1,719 | R | 10 | |
| (Antenucci 83) | ||||||||||
| Tue 11 Aug | PORT VALE | a | LC | L0-1 | 4,634 | 909 | R | |||
| (Moore 82) | ||||||||||
| Sat 15 Aug | BIRMINGHAM | h | C | D2-2 | Keane 51, Taylor 81 | 15,061 | 806 | R | 13 | |
| (Toral 10, Caddis 63p) | ||||||||||
| Tue 18 Aug | IPSWICH | a | C | L0-2 | 18,353 | 470 | R | 17 | ||
| (Sears 66, McGoldrick 71) | ||||||||||
| Sat 22 Aug | BRENTFORD | h | C | W1-0 | Keane 26 | 14,928 | 696 | R | 13 | |
| Sat 29 Aug | BRISTOL CITY | a | C | W2-1 | Keane 34, Mee 40 | 15,002 | 1,242 | R | 9 | |
| (Kodjia 90+5) | ||||||||||
| Sat 12 Sep | SHEFFIELD WED | h | C | W3-1 | Jones 7, Taylor 78, Gray 90+1 | 17,277 | 2,417 | R | 5 | |
| (Nuhiu 20) | ||||||||||
| Tue 15 Sep | MK FRANCHISE | h | C | W2-1 | Vokes 32, Boyd 49 | 15,845 | 166 | R | 3 | |
| (Baker 45+2) | ||||||||||
| Mon 21 Sep | DERBY | a | C | D0-0 | 26,834 | 592 | R | 3 | ||
| Sat 26 Sep | READING | h | C | L1-2 | Darikwa 67 | 15,226 | 401 | R | 6 | |
| (Blackman 5, Piazon 9) | ||||||||||
| Fri 02 Oct | ROTHERHAM | a | C | W2-1 | Gray 9, Vokes 81 | 9,752 | 1,595 | R | 3 | |
| (G Ward 75) | ||||||||||
| Sat 17 Oct | BOLTON | h | C | W2-0 | Gray 56, 68 | 17,632 | 1,762 | R | 5 | |
| Tue 20 Oct | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | a | C | D1-1 | Taylor 90 | 17,721 | 862 | R | 5 | |
| (Lichaj 73) | ||||||||||
| Sat 24 Oct | BLACKBURN | a | C | W1-0 | Arfield 63 | 19,897 | 4,723 | R | 3 | |
| Sat 31 Oct | HUDDERSFIELD | h | C | W2-1 | Gray 12p, 43 | 16,749 | 1,309 | R | 3 | |
| (Duff 88og) | ||||||||||
| Tue 03 Nov | FULHAM | h | C | W3-1 | Gray 18,37, Taylor 90+1 | 15,080 | 271 | R | G | 2 |
| (McCormack 51) | ||||||||||
| Sat 07 Nov | WOLVES | a | C | D0-0 | 20,604 | 1,737 | R | 3 | ||
| Sun 22 Nov | BRIGHTON | h | C | D1-1 | Gray 4p | 15,622 | 375 | R | 5 | |
| (Zamora 1) | ||||||||||
| Sat 28 Nov | CARDIFF | a | C | D2-2 | Hennings 85, Connolly 90+3og | 15,133 | 703 | R | 5 | |
| (Gunnarsson 41, Morrison 64) | ||||||||||
| Sat 05 Dec | PRESTON | h | C | L0-2 | 18,614 | 2,399 | R | 5 | ||
| (Keane 63, Johnson 86) | ||||||||||
| Sat 12 Dec | QPR | a | C | D0-0 | 16,576 | 1,590 | 5 | |||
| Tue 15 Dec | MIDDLESBROUGH | a | C | L0-1 | 19,966 | 646 | R | 5 | ||
| (Nsue 54) | ||||||||||
| Sat 19 Dec | CHARLTON | h | C | W4-0 | Arfield 44,53, Gray 55, Vokes 78 | 15,697 | 234 | R | 5 | |
| Sat 26 Dec | HULL | a | C | L0-3 | 21,842 | 2,422 | R | 5 | ||
| (Livermore 57, Hernandez 66, Clucas 90+2) | ||||||||||
| Mon 28 Dec | BRISTOL CITY | h | C | W4-0 | Gray 37, 45+2, 78, Arfield 71 | 17,234 | 372 | R | 5 | |
| Sat 02 Jan | IPSWICH | h | C | D0-0 | 16,307 | 885 | R | 5 | ||
| Sat 09 Jan | MIDDLESBROUGH | a | FA | W2-1 | Hennings 45+1, Ward 71 | 18,286 | 1,275 | R | ||
| (Fabbrini 36) | ||||||||||
| Tue 12 Jan | MK FRANCHISE | a | C | W5-0 | Barton 14, Vokes 46, Gray 64, Lowton 71, Boyd 82 | 10,011 | 927 | R | 4 | |
| Fri 15 Jan | BRENTFORD | a | C | W3-1 | Arfield 12, Barton 30, Boyd 39 | 10,039 | 1,123 | 4 | ||
| (Judge 57) | ||||||||||
| Mon 25 Jan | DERBY | h | C | 19:45 | LIVE ON SKY | |||||
| Sat 30 Jan | SHEFFIELD WED | a | C | P-P | ||||||
| Sat 30 Jan | ARSENAL | a | FA | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 06 Feb | HULL | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 13 Feb | READING | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 20 Feb | ROTHERHAM | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Tue 23 Feb | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | h | C | 19:45 | ||||||
| Sat 27 Feb | BOLTON | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 05 Mar | BLACKBURN | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Tue 08 Mar | FULHAM | a | C | 19:45 | ||||||
| Sat 12 Mar | HUDDERSFIELD | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 19 Mar | WOLVES | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 02 Apr | BRIGHTON | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Tue 05 Apr | CARDIFF | h | C | 19:45 | ||||||
| Sat 09 Apr | LEEDS | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 16 Apr | BIRMINGHAM | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Tue 19 Apr | MIDDLESBROUGH | h | C | 19:45 | ||||||
| Sat 23 Apr | PRESTON | a | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 30 Apr | QPR | h | C | 15:00 | ||||||
| Sat 07 May | CHARLTON | a | C | 12:30 | ||||||