| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 14 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 14 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Burnley | 15 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 14 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Norwich City | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||