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