| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 20 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 20 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 20 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Leicester City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 20 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 20 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 19 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Millwall | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 24 | |||