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