| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | West Ham United | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Leeds United | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||