| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burnley | 25 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 26 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 26 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 26 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 24 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 26 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 26 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 26 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 25 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 26 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 25 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 26 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 33 | ||||