| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 17 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 18 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Barnsley | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Luton Town | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Fulham | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||