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