| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 18 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 18 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 17 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 17 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 17 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Southampton | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | ||||