| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 19 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 18 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Leeds United | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Arsenal | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||