| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 20 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Stoke City | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 20 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Manchester City | 20 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Liverpool | 20 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Chelsea | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Everton | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Aston Villa | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||