| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 19 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Stoke City | 19 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 19 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 17 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 19 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 19 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Arsenal | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 33 | |||