| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 21 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 6 | West Ham United | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Arsenal | 21 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 21 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Liverpool | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 21 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Aston Villa | 20 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |||