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