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