| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Sunderland | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 16 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 16 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Everton | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 16 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Arsenal | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | |||