| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 14 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 14 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Birmingham City | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Derby County | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||