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