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