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