| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Derby County | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 15 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Barnsley | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |||