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