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