An incentive for Plymouth to follow up on the victory over Derby.
The bottom of the table now looks like this:
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 30 | -14 | ||||
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 37 | 29 | -6 | ||||
| 19 | Derby County | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 29 | -12 | ||||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 28 | -13 | ||||
| 21 | Crystal Palace (-10) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 35 | 24 | -13 | ||||
| 23 | Reading | 26 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 23 | -17 | ||||
| 24 | Peterborough United | 27 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 18 | -17 | ||||