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