| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 25 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 25 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 25 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Burnley | 25 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Arsenal | 25 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 25 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 25 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 25 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 25 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 25 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 25 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Leicester City | 25 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||