Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Manchester United 24 49   9 1 1 25 12   5 6 2 24 18
2 Leeds United 24 47   9 3 0 24 5   5 2 5 12 13
3 Manchester City 24 46   9 3 1 31 9   4 4 3 16 15
4 Sheffield United 24 44   7 5 1 29 12   6 0 5 14 19
5 Derby County 24 43   8 4 0 26 8   4 3 5 14 14
6 Arsenal 24 40   8 1 3 22 9   4 3 5 13 18
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 40   8 5 0 29 14   3 2 6 13 20
8 Liverpool 24 39   8 3 1 21 13   3 3 6 9 12
9 Tottenham Hotspur 24 38   9 2 1 29 8   1 6 5 10 19
10 Chelsea 24 35   6 4 2 21 12   3 4 5 9 14
11 West Ham United 24 31   6 3 4 15 9   2 4 5 11 14
12 Stoke City 24 31   5 3 3 15 11   3 4 6 9 17
13 Coventry City 24 28   5 6 1 15 11   1 4 7 11 27
14 Southampton 24 28   5 3 3 19 17   3 1 9 12 31
15 Everton 24 25   6 3 3 19 9   0 4 8 5 17
16 Ipswich Town 24 25   4 6 3 12 11   1 4 6 6 21
17 Leicester City 24 24   3 4 5 9 9   2 5 5 15 21
18 Newcastle United 24 24   4 3 4 14 12   2 3 8 11 23
19 Huddersfield Town 25 24   4 3 6 10 15   2 3 7 11 21
20 Crystal Palace 24 21   3 4 5 16 18   2 2 8 6 21
21 West Bromwich Albion 24 20   2 2 7 7 14   3 3 7 11 20
22 Nottingham Forest 25 19   3 3 6 16 19   1 4 8 15 29