| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Burnley | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Everton | 15 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 14 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 12 | West Ham United | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Leicester City | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Chelsea | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Arsenal | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||