| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Chelsea | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Leeds United | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Derby County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Swansea City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||