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