| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 20 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Everton | 19 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 19 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Manchester United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Aston Villa | 19 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Manchester City | 18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Chelsea | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||