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