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