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