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