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