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