| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Manchester City | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 36 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 21 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 21 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 21 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 21 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 21 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 21 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 22 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Sunderland | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Newcastle United | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||