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