| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Newcastle United | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Everton | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 12 | West Ham United | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Chelsea | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Arsenal | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||