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