| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 18 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Blackpool | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Burnley | 18 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 19 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Manchester United | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Liverpool | 19 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Stoke City | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 37 | |||