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