| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 17 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 18 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Newcastle United | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Liverpool | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Manchester City | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Derby County | 17 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 18 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Chelsea | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Stoke City | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||