| 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 | Everton | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 29 | 2.172 | 34 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 27 | 1.913 | 21 |
| 3 | Notts County | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 26 | 1.485 | 17 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 50 | 26 | .780 | -11 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 25 | 1.382 | 13 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 43 | 24 | 1.209 | 9 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 23 * | 1.645 | 20 |
| 8 | Burnley | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 63 | 21 | .825 | -11 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 18 | .775 | -13 |
| 10 | Accrington | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 16 | .560 | -22 |
| 11 | Derby County | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 81 | 15 | .580 | -34 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 57 | 12 | .596 | -23 |