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