| Pos | Team | P | Home | Away | Total | Pts | GA | GD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | ||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 40 | 4.933 | 59 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 43 | 29 | 1.418 | 18 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 1.351 | 13 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 26 | 1.466 | 21 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 59 | 22 | 1.067 | 4 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 46 | 22 | .869 | -6 |
| 7 | Accrington | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 20 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 8 | Everton | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 20 | .760 | -11 |
| 9 | Burnley | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 62 | 17 | .677 | -20 |
| 10 | Derby County | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 61 | 16 | .672 | -20 |
| 11 | Notts County | 22 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 73 | 12 | .547 | -33 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 51 | 12 | .509 | -25 |