| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield United | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | Walsall | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Swindon Town | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||