| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Wimbledon | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 21 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||