| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | West Ham United | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Leicester City | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||