| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Chelsea | 13 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||