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