| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 24 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 24 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 24 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 23 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Arsenal | 24 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 24 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Liverpool | 23 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 24 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 23 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 24 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 24 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Stoke City | 23 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Aston Villa | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 22 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 32 | |||