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