| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 14 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | West Ham United | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Leeds United | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||