| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 16 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 16 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Aston Villa | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Arsenal | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||