| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 17 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 17 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 16 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Manchester City | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Burnley | 17 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 16 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Norwich City | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | ||||