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