| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 20 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 20 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Burnley | 19 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Liverpool | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 19 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Sunderland | 19 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Chelsea | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Everton | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||