| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 18 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 18 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Cardiff City | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Leicester City | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Fulham | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Brentford | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||