| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 17 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 17 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Luton Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Newcastle United | 17 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Fulham | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||