| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 27 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 27 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 26 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 17 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 25 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 25 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 25 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 26 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 26 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 25 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Everton | 26 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 26 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Manchester City | 25 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 26 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 38 | |||