| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Everton | 20 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Burnley | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Liverpool | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Arsenal | 20 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 20 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Manchester United | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 20 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Manchester City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Fulham | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||