| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burnley | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Portsmouth | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Gillingham | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Barnsley | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | |||