| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Arsenal | 22 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Everton | 22 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Liverpool | 22 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 22 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 21 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Manchester United | 21 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | West Ham United | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Newcastle United | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | |||