| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 31 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Manchester United | 32 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 33 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Arsenal | 31 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 33 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 31 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 33 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 32 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 32 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 32 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 32 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 31 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 33 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Manchester City | 33 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Everton | 32 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 33 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 33 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 40 | |||