| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 18 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 17 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 17 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 17 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Liverpool | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||