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