| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 19 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Everton | 18 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 18 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Arsenal | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 18 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Leicester City | 19 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Chelsea | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham | 19 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Manchester United | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||