| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leeds United | 23 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 23 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 23 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 22 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Arsenal | 23 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 23 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 23 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Liverpool | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 22 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 23 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Sunderland | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Birmingham City | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Aston Villa | 22 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 32 | |||