| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 15 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Leicester City | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 15 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||