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