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