| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Burnley | 13 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Everton | 13 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Newcastle United | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Chelsea | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Arsenal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||