| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 16 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 16 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Burnley | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Barnsley | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Newcastle United | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Fulham | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||