| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 24 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 24 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 24 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 24 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 24 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 24 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 24 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Fulham | 24 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 24 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 24 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 24 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | Brentford | 24 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |||