| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 19 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Everton | 19 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 19 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 20 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Aston Villa | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||