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