| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 18 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Arsenal | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 18 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 18 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 18 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Leeds United | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Aston Villa | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||