| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 23 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 23 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 23 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Newcastle United | 22 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 22 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 12 | West Ham United | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 22 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 22 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 21 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Manchester City | 22 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 23 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 36 | |||