| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 15 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 15 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 15 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Burnley | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Manchester United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Newcastle United | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||