Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Nottingham Forest 24 53   8 4 0 23 6   8 1 3 22 9
2 Liverpool 24 45   9 2 1 18 3   4 4 4 14 13
3 Everton 24 44   7 3 2 28 16   5 5 2 20 12
4 Arsenal 24 44   7 4 1 18 7   6 1 5 14 12
5 Manchester City 24 43   9 1 2 31 10   4 3 5 14 14
6 Coventry City 24 39   7 3 2 28 17   4 3 5 16 23
7 West Bromwich Albion 24 38   8 3 1 20 7   2 5 5 16 23
8 Norwich City 24 37   8 4 0 16 7   1 6 5 15 25
9 Leeds United 24 35   6 4 2 19 12   3 4 5 17 20
10 Derby County 24 34   5 4 3 18 15   4 3 5 14 19
11 Aston Villa 23 33   5 2 4 15 11   4 4 4 13 13
12 Ipswich Town 24 31   8 2 2 21 13   0 5 7 4 15
13 Manchester United 23 30   6 1 4 16 14   3 2 7 19 24
14 Chelsea 24 29   4 6 3 12 10   3 2 6 12 22
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 28   4 4 4 16 15   3 3 6 13 19
16 Birmingham City 24 28   5 3 4 20 17   3 1 8 10 21
17 Middlesbrough 24 26   4 5 3 13 12   2 3 7 8 22
18 Bristol City 23 25   6 2 3 24 18   0 5 7 3 13
19 West Ham United 24 22   3 5 4 15 18   2 2 8 13 21
20 Newcastle United 23 20   4 1 7 16 19   2 1 8 11 23
21 Queens Park Rangers 24 18   3 4 5 14 18   0 5 7 11 22
22 Leicester City 24 13   2 4 6 6 19   0 3 9 5 22