| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 19 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 18 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 18 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Manchester City | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham | 18 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Liverpool | 18 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Blackpool | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||