| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 17 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 18 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 17 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 18 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 18 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Aston Villa | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Chelsea | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Stoke City | 18 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Birmingham City | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 30 | |||