| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 15 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 14 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Liverpool | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Derby County | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |||