| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 29 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 30 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 28 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 30 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 29 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 49 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 29 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 29 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 30 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Arsenal | 28 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 29 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 29 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Aston Villa | 29 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 45 | |||
| 17 | Birmingham City | 28 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 30 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 51 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 28 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Newcastle United | 28 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 30 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 56 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 39 | |||