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