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