| 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 | Sunderland | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 36 | 42 | 2.583 | 57 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 31 | 37 | 1.967 | 30 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 36 | 1.378 | 14 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 89 | 56 | 30 | 1.589 | 33 |
| 5 | Everton | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 28 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 46 | 26 | 1.282 | 13 |
| 7 | Burnley | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 45 | 26 | 1.088 | 4 |
| 8 | Notts County | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 51 | 26 | 1.078 | 4 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 65 | 26 | .892 | -7 |
| 10 | Derby County | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 24 | .884 | -6 |
| 11 | Accrington | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 78 | 20 | .512 | -38 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 58 | 18 | .879 | -7 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 26 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 61 | 14 | .622 | -23 |
| 14 | Darwen | 26 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 11 | .339 | -74 |