| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Everton | 21 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 22 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 21 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Stoke City | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Arsenal | 21 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 21 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Manchester United | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 20 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham | 22 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||