| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 23 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 23 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 23 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 23 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 23 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 23 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 23 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 23 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Newcastle United | 23 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Aston Villa | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 42 | |||