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