| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 25 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 25 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 25 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 25 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 25 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | West Ham United | 25 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 25 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 25 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Leicester City | 25 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 25 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 25 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 25 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | Brentford | 25 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |||