| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 19 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 19 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 20 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 19 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Burnley | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Aston Villa | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 19 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Arsenal | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 19 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||