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