| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 24 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 24 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 24 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 24 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 24 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Arsenal | 24 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 24 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 24 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 24 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 24 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 24 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 24 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 24 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | |||