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