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